ALGERIA WATCH INTERNATIONAL,Inc.

REPORTING STRUCTURE AND DIVISION OF LABOR    

 I. REPORTING STRUCTURE

• All executive officers report directly to their BOD supervisor.
• All field officers report directly to their executive officer.
• An executive officer may appoint as many field officers as necessary to carry out a task.
• An executive officer may remove any of his/her field officers.
• All field officer appointments or removals must be communicated to, and attain the approval of, the General Field Manager.

II. LABOR DIVISION

The tasks of executive officers consist in:

• Supervising the work of field officers under their supervision,
• Archiving all information received from field officers.

Each executive officer will have a list of fields under his or her supervision.  An executive officer may assign many fields to one field officer, one field to a field officer, or one field to many field officers, as the executive officer sees fit.

A. President tasks

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.

  B. General manager tasks

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.

C. Treasurer tasks  

1. Fund raising
 
TITLE: Executive officer, fund raising division
MISSION STATEMENT: Assist the Treasurer in raising funds for AW.

D. General Field Manager tasks  

1. Non-governmental, non-political, and for-profit organizations

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 International newsletter

TITLE: Executive Officer, Algeria Watch International newsletter division
MISSION STATEMENT: Periodically provide information on the main activities of Algeria Watch International.
 

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.
 

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