Criteria for this position (see Standing Rule 8: Nominations and Elections) include the following:
Candidates for FFAL Trustee are expected to have undertaken some prior service to AAAL and/or the field and its constituencies. Candidates for FFAL Trustee should ideally have experience with budgeting, investments or fundraising. The term for FFAL Trustee is 3 years (Year 1: Associate Chair; Year 2: Chair; Year 3: Past Chair). Candidates should be willing to commit to attend the AAAL conference for at least the year they are FFAL Trustee Chair, and ideally for the three years of service (at their expense). Trustees might, but are not are not required to, be prior donors to FFAL.