EOS Board elections 2010
2010 is an election year for the EOS Board. Five seats will have to be filled. All EOS members are entitled to nominate candidates for election to the Board.
Deadline for nominations: March, 31, 2010.
Election and nomination procedure:
We invite you to nominate candidates for election to the Board. Nominations may be made either by letter or by e-mail. If by letter, this must be signed by three EOS members (not including the person nominated). A letter from the person nominated, accepting the nomination, must also be enclosed (or sent separately). If by e-mail, each of the three EOS members supporting the nomination must send in a separate e-mail indicating their support for the candidate. (This is important, as the receipt of three separate e-mails is being accepted in lieu of signatures.) In addition, the person nominated must send an e-mail accepting the nomination. Contact details for both letters and e-mails are given below.
Please note that all four people involved (candidate and three supporters) must be members (Full or Associate) of EOS.
Each EOS member is entitled to nominate up to three candidates for election to the Board. There is no rule to prevent the same three people nominating more than one candidate. We urge you to take advantage of this opportunity to nominate candidates for the elections this summer.
For your information, the present EOS Board is:
| Pedro Andres, Spain |
(term ends 2012) |
| Cornelia Denz, Germany | (term ends this year, but eligible for re-nomination) |
| Daniel Dolfi, France | (representing the French Branch) |
| Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz, Sweden | (Treasurer, term ends this year, but eligible for re-nomination) |
| Thomas Graf, Germany | (term ends 2012) |
| Hans Peter Herzig, Switzerland | (retiring President; will automatically remain on the Board as Past President until 2012) |
| Fredrik Laurell, Sweden | (Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee) |
| Hervé Lefèvre, France | (President, 2010-2012) |
| Gordon Love, UK | (terms ends this year, but eligible for re-nomination) |
| Risto Myllylä, Finland | (elected to represent the Affiliated Societies) |
| Giles Pauliat, France | (term ends 2012) |
| Roberta Ramponi, Italy |
(retiring Past President, but eligible for re-nomination) |
| Giancarlo Righini, Italy | (term ends 2012) |
| Peter Seitz, Switzerland | (elected to represent the smaller Branches [Hungary, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland]) |
| Concita Sibilia, Italy | (term ends this year, but eligible for re-nomination) |
| Ralph Tatam, UK |
(representing the UK Branch) |
| Peter Török, UK | (Publications Secretary; term ends 2012) |
| Theo Tschudi, Germany | (representing the German Branch) |
| Paul Urbach, Netherlands | (Secretary of the Board, term ends 2012) |
To clarify the above, the vacancies for election by the membership in 2010 are the seats presently occupied by:
- Cornelia Denz, Germany
- Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz, Sweden
- Hervé Lefèvre, France
- Gordon Love, UK
- Concita Sibilia, Italy
Hervé Lefèvre automatically becomes President and his elective seat becomes vacant. The other four are all eligible to stand for re-election if they wish to do so, but must be nominated in the usual way.
Nominations close on 31 March 2010, but it will assist the election organizers if you get your nominations in as soon as possible.
Contact details for nominations:
By letter: David Briers, Cwm Gorllwyn, Tegryn, Llanfyrnach, SA35 0DN, UK
By e-mail: david.briers@physics.org
David Briers
Election Officer, EOS Board Elections, 2010