I. REPORTING STRUCTURE
The task OF executive officers consists in:
1. Legal counsel
TITLE: Executive officer, legal counsel division.
MISSION STATEMENT: assist the President in the translation of statements
and documents.
2. Translation
TITLE: Executive officer, translation division.
MISSION STATEMENT: assist the President in the translation of statements
and documents.
3. Public relations
TITLE: Executive officer, public relations division.
MISSION STATEMENT: assist the President in all activities related to
the management of Algeria Watch's public relations activities.
1. WEB sites
TITLE: Executive officer, WEB sites division.
MISSION STATEMENT: assist the General Manager in maintaining AW WEB
sites.
2. Bylaws supervision
TITLE: Executive officer, bylaws supervision division.
MISSION STATEMENT: Oversee the compliance of the BOD and membership
to AW bylaws.
3. Maintenance of records
TITLE: Executive officer, records division.
MISSION STATEMENT: assist the General Manager in the maintenance of
all AW documents and records.
4. Elections and referenda
TITLE: Executive officer, elections & referenda division.
MISSION STATEMENT: assist the General Manager in the supervision of
all AW elections and referenda.
5. Recruitment & staffing
TITLE: Executive officer, recruitment & staffing division
MISSION STATEMENT: assist the General Manager in recruiting AW members
and maintaining record s on all staffing changes.
1.1 Human rights organizations
TITLE: Executive officer, human rights groups division.
MISSION STATEMENT: build and maintain information on human rights
groups; build contacts with those groups that are actively involved in
monitoring the human rights situation in Algeria.
1.2 Non-political Algerian groups and societies
TITLE: Executive Officer, Algerian groups and societies division
MISSION STATEMENT: build a database of names of non-political Algerian
Groups and Societies.
1.3 Business & for-profit organizations
TITLE: Executive Officer, business & for-profit organizations division.
MISSION STATEMENT: build a database of names of organizations that
engage in extensive business transactions with Algeria.
2. Government organizations
2.1 Algerian government
TITLE: Executive Officer, Algerian government division
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor official statements on the Algerian crisis
from the Algerian government in Algeria and Algerian government representative
bodies in local (e.g., US) soil.
Fields:
(a) The president's office.
(b) The prime minister's office.
(c) Army statements.
(d) Algerian Embassy.
(e) Algerian UN Mission.
2.2 Foreign governments
TITLE: Executive Officer, foreign governments division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor official statements on the Algerian crisis
from local (e.g., US) government agencies both in the foreign country and
in Algeria (e.g., US embassy).
Fields: (e.g., US)
(a) United Nations.
(b) State Department.
(c) White House.
(d) Congress - House & Senate.
(e) Pentagon.
(f) Administration.
3. Political organizations
TITLE: Executive Officer, political organizations division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor official statements on the Algerian crisis
from local (US) political organizations; monitor official statements from
representative of Algerian political parties (including those not recognized
by the Algerian authorities); catalogue and archive such official statements.
3.1 Algerian parties
TITLE: Executive Officer, foreign parties division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor official statements on the Algerian crisis
from Algerian parties, whether officially or not officially recognized.
3.2 Foreign parties
TITLE: Executive Officer, foreign parties division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor official statements on the Algerian crisis
from local (e.g., US) parties.
4. Academic
4.1 Scholars
TITLE: Executive Officer, scholars division.
MISSION STATEMENT: build a database of names of scholars and experts
on Algeria, particularly those who have focused on the Algerian crisis;
build and archive professional and biographical information on such authors;
give a general assessment on each scholars degree of expertise, bias in
reporting and analysis, if any.
4.2 Scholarly societies
TITLE: Executive Officer, scholarly societies section.
MISSION STATEMENT: build a database of names of scholarly societies
that deal with topics and questions related to the Algerian crisis; catalogue
and archive conference and calls for paper that deal directly with the
Algerian crisis; catalogue and archive conference reports on conferences
and workshops that focus directly or substantially on the Algerian crisis.
4.3 Scholarly journals & newsletters
TITLE: Executive Officer, scholarly journals and newsletters division.
MISSION STATEMENT: build a database of names of scholarly journals
and newsletters that deal with topics and questions related to the Algerian
crisis; build a database of scholarly papers and articles that deal directly
or substantially with the Algerian crisis.
Fields:
(a) Middle East International.
(b) Middle East Studies Journal.
(c) Arab Studies Quarterly.
(d) Middle East Policy.
4.4 Think tanks
TITLE: Executive Officer, think tanks division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor the portrayal of the Algerian crisis in
local (US) Think
Tanks; build contacts and relationships with Think Tank members; provide
Think Tanks with
information and advice on the Algerian crisis.
Fields:
(a) CATO institute.
(b) Brookings Institute.
4.4 Books
TITLE: Executive Officer, books and book reviews division.
MISSION STATEMENT: build database of books written on the Algerian
crisis; catalog and archive book reviews and review essays written on such
books.
5. Media
5.1 Television
TITLE: Executive Officer, media, television division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor local (e.g., US) news, news magazines, special
reports, documentaries, talk-show programs.
Fields: (e.g., US)
CNN
ABC
CBS
FOX
C-SPAN
5.2 Radio
TITLE: Executive Officer, media, radio division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor local (e.g., US) news, news magazines, special
reports, documentaries, talk-show programs.
5.3 Internet
TITLE: Executive Officer, media, internet division.
MISSION STATEMENT: build a database of sites, electronic newsletters,
that deal with the
Algerian crisis.
5.4 News magazines
TITLE: Executive Officer, media, news magazines division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor the portrayal of the Algerian crisis in
local (e.g., US) magazines; catalogue and archive articles and stories
that focus on the Algerian crisis.
Fields: (e.g., US)
(a) US News &World Report.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) The Nation.
(e) The New Republic.
(f) Commentary.
5.5 Newspapers
TITLE: Executive Officer, media, newspapers division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor the portrayal of the Algerian crisis in
local (e.g., US) magazines; catalogue and archive articles and stories
that focus on the Algerian crisis.
Fields: (e.g., US)
(a) Washington Post.
(b) New York Times.
(c) Los Angeles Times.
5.6 Newswires
TITLE: Executive Officer, media, newswires division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor newswire releases on the Algerian crisis.
Fields: (e.g., US)
(a) Reuters.
(b) AP.
5.7 Algerian media
TITLE: Executive Officer, media, Algerian media division.
MISSION STATEMENT: monitor government treatment of the Algerian press;
report on government action against the press; report on violations of
press rights; report on violence against members of the press; report on
Algerian press activities.
Fields:
(a) Algeria Press newswires.
(b) Algerian printed media.
(c) Algerian Electronic media.
6. Activism
6.1 Organization
TITLE: Executive Officer, organization division
MISSION STATEMENT: archive information on how to organize protest efforts.
6.2 Protest efforts
TITLE: Executive Officer, protest efforts division
MISSION STATEMENT: archive information on protest efforts that relate
to the Algerian crisis.
7. Perspectives
TITLE: Executive Officer, perspectives division
MISSION STATEMENT: archive information that gives an overview perspective
of the Algerian crisis.
Fields:
(a) Time line of events.
(b) Summaries and essays on the Algerian crisis.
(c) Interviews on the Algerian crisis.
8. Algeria Watch newsletter
TITLE: Executive Officer, Algeria Watch newsletter division
MISSION STATEMENT: periodically provide information on the main activities
of Algeria Watch.
9. Archivist
TITLE: Executive Officer, Archivist division.
MISSION STATEMENT: oversee the archiving activities of all AW executive
officers. Ensure compliance to a uniform format for storing and classifying
information.