EMS Nominating Committee

David A. Eastmond, Ph.D.
Peter J. Stambrook, Ph.D.

Charges:

(including those defined in the EMS by-laws)

Annually, the Executive Board or the Council shall, upon the recommendation of the President, appoint a Nominating Committee consisting of not fewer than five members of the Society, at least two of whom shall not be members of the Council. The Executive Board or the Council shall, upon the recommendation of the President, designate the Chairman of the Committee. The immediate past President shall be a member of the Nominating Committee. The proposed members of the nominating committee should be presented no later than the mid-year Executive Board Meeting.

The Nominating Committee shall agree to a list of nominees (all of whom shall be members in good standing) for members of the Council or officers, as the case may be, to succeed those members or officers whose terms expire two years hence. Any person so nominated shall have, prior to nomination, agreed to serve if elected and to attend, without expense to the Society, the meetings of the Council. In the case of nominations of persons for full three-year terms as members of the Council (other than officers), there shall be at least four more nominees than there are three-year Council memberships to be filled. In the case of officers, there shall be at least two nominees for each office. A final ballot, including, in addition to the foregoing, the names of members nominated by petition as provided in Section 3 of this Article, shall be mailed to members by the month of October. Ballots must be received by the Parliamentarian on a date specified on the ballot but not later than December 31. To be counted, the ballots must be received with sufficient identification for the Parliamentarian to determine that the submitter is a member in good standing. Persons receiving the highest number of votes, even though less than a majority, shall be deemed elected. Newly elected officials shall take office at the conclusion of the annual business meeting of members except for the Treasurer who shall take office at the beginning of the fiscal year (Article XV, Section 1).

It is formally recommended that the committee consider EMS members that are serving on committees as nominees for Council and session Chairs from recent meetings, since they have already demonstrated a willingness to work for the Society.

Ten members may by petition nominate a member for election to the Council and twenty members may so nominate a member for election as an officer. Every person so nominated shall have agreed, in writing on the petition, to serve if elected and to attend, without expense to the Society, the meetings of the Council. Such petition must be received by the Secretary within one month after the conclusion of the Annual Meeting of the year in which the election is to be held.

Nominations Required (Dates are date of election, not start of office):

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
President-elect	President-elect	President-elect	President-elect	President-elect
≥5 Councilors	≥5 Councilors	≥5 Councilors	≥5 Councilors	≥5 Councilors
	Treasurer		Treasurer	Treasurer
Secretary			Secretary

			ICEM Officers

Every four years (Starting in 2003) obtain the names of 4 EMS members that are willing to serve as IAEMS Councilor. These will be approved by the Executive Board or Council. Every four years (Starting in 2005) nominate EMS members for President, Secretary General, Treasurer and Vice President of IAEMS. These will be presented to the IAEMS nominating committee.
The slate, with all nominees accepting the offer, should be presented to the Executive Board ~3 month prior to the annual meeting in order to be able to prepare election materials. The acceptance of the slate by Council, although a courtesy rather a requirement, can be done prior to the Council meeting. In subsequent years, the slate should be presented to the Executive.