ELECTIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

Solicitation of Nominations

 

The next elections to the MGSA Executive Board (for twelve members and one student representative to serve three-years, 2009-2011) will be held during the spring of 2008, by postal and secret ballot.  All MGSA members who have paid dues for the 2008 calendar year are eligible to vote and to be nominated for office.  

 

At its October 2007 meeting, the Executive Board appointed Neovi Karakatsanis as chair of the Nominations Committee.  Artemis Leontis and Susan Buck-Sutton have also agreed to serve on the Nominations Committee. 

 

Under Article IV, 7g of the MGSA Constitution, “Any regular or student member may nominate a member of the Association for election to the Executive Board. If the chair of the Nominations Committee receives, not later than 1 April, four or more letters nominating the same candidate, that candidate shall have equal standing with those nominated by the Nominations Committee.”

 

The committee thus requests that nominations be sent to its chair by 1 April 2008:  Neovi Karakatsanis, Department of Political Science, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, PO Box 7111, South Bend, IN 46634-7111; Fax 574-520-5208; e-mail [email protected].

 

On 8 April 2008, the Executive Board will consider and approve the list of candidates submitted by the Nominations Committee and will authorize the Executive Director to prepare and mail out the ballots.  Completed ballots must be received by the Executive Director no later than 1 June 2008.