SEG to hold elections for Board of Directors
and selected districts
Nominees for Board of Directors
The following Active Members have been selected by the SEG Committee on Nominations and agreed to be candidates for the 2013-2014 board of directors:
President-elect
Christopher Liner and Anna Shaughnessy
Second vice president
Sergey Fomel and Robert Stewart
Editor
Evert Slob
Director-at-large
Gustavo Carstens and Jaime Checa
Director-at-large
Guillaume Cambois and Gerard Schuster
SEG's current president-elect, Don Steeples, will serve as president, David Monk will serve as past president, Dennis Cooke will serve as first vice president, Gary Servos will continue as treasurer, Mike Graul will continue as Chair of the Council, and Alfred Liaw, Samir Abdelmoaty, Chris Krohn, and Edith Miller will continue as directors-at-large on the 2013-14 board of directors.
District Elections
In addition to the board of directors election, three districts are holding elections for representatives. All districts have one seat to fill. The nominees are:
District 1
Paul Singer
District 11
Huazhong Wang
District 12
Koji Kashihara and Moe Thu
Nominations in writing, signed by at least forty Active Members and accompanied by the written consent of the candidate and a brief biography, ready for publication, may be submitted prior to 15 May. The biographies of the board candidates and their position statements are published in the July issue of TLE. Survey & Ballot Systems, Inc. will handle SEG elections again this year and will send out paper ballots by 15 June. Eligible voters who have a valid e-mail address on file with SEG will receive personalized pass code information in an e-mail. Voting will end on 31 July with results announced mid-August. The new board will begin its term at the end of the 2013 Annual Meeting and complete its term at the end of next year's Annual Meeting. Elected District Representatives will begin their terms at the 2013 Annual Council Meeting and serve through the 2015 Council.
Active, Emeritus, Honorary, and Life members are eligible to vote on all matters submitted to the membership; however members failing to pay dues by 1 June will not be eligible to vote in the 2013 election.
2013 member update request
In preparation for the upcoming board election, SEG is asking all members to update their member information, especially mailing address, e-mail, and SEG Section/Associated Society affiliation. A primary Section/Associated Society will need to be designated if you have multiple affiliations. You may update this information by logging into the SEG Web site (http://seg.org/login), sending an e-mail to membership@seg.org or by calling the SEG Business Office at 1-918-497-5581.
