May 2 - May 31 is the Nomination period for AoIR officers. I want to encourage you to nominate those who you want to lead you for the next 2 and in the case of the VP 4 years. -Jeremy NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION PROCESSES Only a dues-paying member of AoIR can run for a position, nominated by anyone. If nominated for more than one position a nominee must choose to run for one (and only one) position in this election. You may nominate yourself or another person (or people). Self Nominations: Email nominate@aoir.org and indicate the position for which you are nominating and you will be added to the list of nominees and given instructions as to how to submit your information for voters to consider. Nominating Others: Email nominate@aoir.org with the name of the person you want to nominate, the position for which you are nominating this person, contact information for that person, and an indication of whether you know if this person would accept this nomination (if you don't know, we'll contact them and ask). All candidates for election will be required to provide answers to the questions listed at the end of this email via the AoIR election forum website, and participate in an online candidate discussion forum In addition the Graduate Student candidates must confirm in their response that they comply with section 10 of the by-laws, namely "The Graduate Student Representative must be actively enrolled in a degree program at the time of nomination and election." The voting system used by AoIR is one vote per dues-paying member for each of the seven positions for election listed above. Votes are counted by a ballot counter who is a member of the Association but not a member of the executive. In the case of the four officers, the candidate with the highest number of votes shall be declared the winner; in the case of the open seats, the three candidates with the highest, second-highest and third highest votes shall be declared the winners of the open seats. In the case of tied results for the officer positions, the winner shall be determined by the ballot counter, by drawing of lots, using a method that ensures each of the tying candidates has an equal chance of success and witnessed by at least 2 people independent to the association. In the case of tied results for the open seat positions, the drawing of lots shall be used only when there are more tied candidates than seats available. See earlier message in the archives for complete information. -j