Dear IAVCEI Members, The IAVCEI newsletter has been delayed because of some unexpected technical problems (now solved). The newsletter includes detailed descriptions of the nominations process for new IAVCEI officers. The original deadline was December 15, 2006; the new deadline is January 8, 2007. Below is a letter from IAVCEI President Oded Navon describing the nominations process. Steve McNutt Secretary-General for IAVCEI ------------------------- Dear IAVCEI Members, In the coming months we will be involved with the process of electing new officers for the association. Summer 2007 and the IUGG meeting in Perugia, Italy mark the end of term for our devoted secretary general, Steve McNutt, and the two vice-presidents, Jocelyn McPhie and Toshitsugu Fujii after 8 years in office. I end my term as president and Renato Solidum has also asked to end his term in the executive committee; the other members may run for one more term. I call all members to look for fine candidates for the new executive committee for the years 2007-2011, to urge suitable persons to run, and to send nominations to the nomination committee. The association needs strong candidates and members should be offered a choice with more than a single candidate for each position. The nomination committee will also look for suitable candidates, but every IAVCEI member can suggest a candidate for any of the eight positions of the executive committee (President, Secretary General, two vice presidents and four members). The procedure is simple: "Any Affiliate or National Correspondent may nominate in writing any other current Affiliate or National Correspondent as an office-bearer for the Association provided (1) the nomination is seconded by three other current Affiliates or National Correspondents each from countries other than that of the nominee and (2) the nominee, nominator, and seconders are all from countries belonging to IUGG (the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics)". The list of countries appears at http://www.iugg.org/members/adhering.html with a number in the "category" column (not including associated countries). Thus, each nomination should include 1) a short nomination letter that explains the qualities of the candidate and why he/she would make a fine EC member, 2) the CV of the candidate and 3) three letters of support. The candidates and their supporters must be either paid IAVCEI members or the IAVCEI National correspondents of their country. All nominations must be sent to the chair of nomination committee: Dr. Grant Heiken 331 Windantide Place reeland, WA 98249-9683 USA Email: heiken@xxxxxxxxxxx The nomination package must be received by January 8th, 2007 by either E-mail or regular mail. The nomination committee includes Dr. Grant Heiken - USA, Dr. Moyra Gardeweg - Chile, Dr. Wally Johnson - Australia, Dr. John Stix - Canada, Dr. Tad Ui - Japan, and Dr. Sylvie Vergniolle - France. They will consider all candidates and, where necessary, will limit the number of candidates for each position to three. Ballots with the final list of candidates will be sent to all members in February or March 2007. Oded Navon President of IAVCEI Oded Navon Institute of Earth Sciences The hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem 91904, Israel Tel: +972 2 658 5549 Fax: +972 2 566 2581 mailto:Oded.Navon@xxxxxxxxxx http://earth.huji.ac.il/staff-main.asp?id=182 **************************************** Steve McNutt UAFGI P.O. Box 757320 907-474-7131 tel Fairbanks, AK 99775 907-474-5618 fax steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************** ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
