# Helping Give Away Psychological Science/Standard Operating Procedures/Growth in HGAPS

HGAPS is finding new ways to make psychological science conferences more accessible!
Here are examples from APA 2022 and the JCCAP Future Directions Forum. Coming soon... ABCT! ~ More at HGAPS.org ~

# Growth in HGAPS
### If you are looking to take on more of a role in your HGAPS chapter, you should:

* Designate more time to work on projects outside of the weekly HGAPS meeting
* Make sure you are attending at least 70% of the meetings
* Ask your project leader for more work to do
* Learn to edit Wikipedia/Wikiversity
** Completed all wiki trainings
* Complete tasks/assignments that you have been given in HGAPS (be reliable and a finisher)
* Compile your work in HGAPS to show why you should be given more responsibility
** For example, links to pages you have worked on Wiki(versity/pedia/media) and your wiki username, Infographics, Social media post drafts, google docs/sheets you worked on, OSF links, Qualtrics, Work logs/report outs of what you did during/outside the meetings, Zotero folders, etc.

## Now you are ready to ask for a greater role and have the tools to do it!

* Talk to the current executive members about opportunities to grow
** This could include becoming a project leader
** Running for an Outreach Position or creating your own position
** Planning an edit-a-thon
** Helping with recruitment
** Working on advertising
** Helping with social media
** Being assigned to a special project that the chapter needs to be accomplished
* Learn more about executive members’ roles and responsibilities
** Look over SOPs for the executive team and specific executive positions here
** Ask executive members about their tasks and tips they have learned
** Learn about when your executive team meets and how much of a responsibility it is
** Think critically if you have the time to invest in being an HGAPS Executive
* Prepare to run for an Executive position
** Attend open Exec. meetings
** Ask more detailed questions about the position you are going to run for
*** What would the current position holder wish to see accomplished in the coming year (if no longer running for the position)?
*** What tasks to expect daily or weekly?
*** What did they like about the position and dislike?
*** Run your own ideas by them to get feedback
* Run for an Executive position
** Elections held every spring
*** HGAPS Election SOP
** You must be a member for a semester to run for social media or secretary
** President requires 1 year of membership and you must have at least two years at UNC remaining
*** If you will graduate in 4 years you must run as a rising sophomore
*** If you will graduate in 5 years you may run as a rising sophomore or junior
** You must:
*** Attend 70% of Thursday meetings
*** since becoming a member
*** Attend at least one open Executive meeting
*** Draft an Election Blurb
**** Examples and explanation
**** Be ready to give a speech on Election Day
***** A 3-5 minute speech that includes information from the blurb but goes into greater detail
*Please note that Executive terms run from the Last Day of Class of the semester of elections to the last Day of Class of the following year (Ex. 5/(LDOC)/20 - 5/(LDOC)/21)
**For schools on quarter systems or trimesters adjustments should be made based on your school