Elections for the Executive Committee 2011-12: Early Warning!

From Emmanuel Lesaffre, Chair of the Nominations Committee

Norbert Victor	Will retire as President and becomes Past President for one year, 2011.
Harbajan Chadha-Boreham	After being Vice President for 2009-10, will become President for 2011-12 and Past- President for 2013.
Koos Zwinderman	Will end his 2nd term as Treasurer and is not eligible for re-election as Treasurer or Secretary but could be elected as Vice President.
David W. Warne	Ends his 1st term as Secretary and is eligible for re-election as Treasurer, Secretary or Vice President.
Adriano Decarli, KyungMann Kim	End their 2nd terms as Ordinary members and are not eligible for re-election as Ordinary members, but are eligible for re-election as Treasurer, Secretary or Vice President.
Lucinda Billingham, Krisztina Boda, Lutz Edler, Ulrich Mansmann, Jean-Christophe Thalabard, Giota Touloumi	End their 1st terms as Ordinary members and are eligible for re-election as Ordinary members, or as Treasurer, Secretary or Vice President.
David W. Warne	Wishes to continue as News Editor.
Bjarne Bodin	Wishes to retire as Webmaster.

For the end of term it is meant the end of the calendar year (2010).

Nominations for:

*  Vice President
*  Secretary
*  Treasurer
*  8 ordinary members

are therefore sought.

To make a nomination, please download the form from the web and send it to the Chair of the ISCB Nominations Committee, Emmanuel Lesaffre, (e.lesaffre@erasmusmc.nl). Each nomination will require the signatures of the Proposer, a Seconder and of the Nominee confirming a willingness to serve. Completed and signed nomination forms must be received no later than 31 August 2010. (Faxed or scanned forms are acceptable). Click here for Nomination form.

If there are more nominees than vacant positions, an electronic ballot will be held.

Please note the following clauses from the Constitution:

“(6.02) The Committee shall consist of the four Officers and at last five but not more than eight other members (”Ordinary members”), plus the Past President, who shall serve only for the calendar year immediately following the Presidency, and co-opted members.”
“(6.03) The Ordinary members, who shall be Members for at least the calendar year prior to nomination, must be elected by ballot; their full term of office shall be two calendar years and they shall be eligible for re-election for one futher full term up to a maximum of four consecutive calendar years.”