Nominations

Fellows and Elective Members

2010 NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP CLASSES OF FELLOW AND ELECTIVE MEMBER of the AOU are due 7 October 2009.

Fellows and Elective Members are encouraged to submit nominations of deserving colleagues. Following its official charge to supplement nominations, the Committee on Nomination of Fellows and Elective Members will prepare only a few nominations, and thus timely submissions from members are imperative. Nominations and full supporting information are to be supplied by the nominators.

Nominators seeking to endorse a nominee must first obtain the instructions and forms for 2010. Forms may be downloaded in any of the following formats:

• Corel WordPerfect (wpd)
• Microsoft Word (doc)
• Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf)

or requested from the Secretary, SARA R. MORRIS, Department of Biology, Canisius College, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14208 USA (PH: 716-888-2567, FX: 716-888-3157, E-Mail: ).

For ELECTIVE MEMBER nominations, the Secretary will compile and prepare ballot packets to be sent to current Fellows and Elective Members in November 2009. Ballots must be returned by mail to the Secretariat by three weeks before the Stated Meeting (i.e., by 15 January 2010) and the names will be announced at the Business Meeting of Members in February 2010 in San Diego. For FELLOW nominations, the Secretary will compile and prepare packets to be sent to current Fellows in November 2010. Voting will take place at the Fellows Meeting on 7 February 2010.

Officers and Elective Councilors

2010 NOMINATIONS FOR AOU OFFICERS AND ELECTIVE COUNCILORS must be received by the Secretary four months before the Stated Meeting. Thus, this year nominations are due 7 October 2009.

Officers will be elected by electronic and postal ballot prior to the meeting, and the new officers will be announced at the Business Meeting of Members. Officers to be elected will be President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and four Elective Councilors. At the conclusion of the 128 th Stated Meeting, Edward H. Burtt, Jr.,will complete his two-year term as President, and John R. Faaborg will begin his two-year term as President. The Bylaws of the AOU require that the Secretary and Treasurer be elected or re-elected annually. The incumbent Secretary (Sara R. Morris) and Treasurer (James Herkert) are willing to stand for re-election. Of the total of twelve Elective Councilors, four are elected annually to serve terms of approximately three years, beginning at the close of the Stated Meeting. Elective Councilors to be replaced at the conclusion of the 128th Stated Meeting in 2010 are Bonnie S. Bowen, Geoffrey E. Hill, Robert C. Fleischer, and Bridget J. Stutchbury. Continuing to serve in 2010-2011 will be Elective Councilors Mary Bomberger Brown, Janis L. Dickinson, Rebecca L. Holberton, and Amanda D. Rodewald.

The procedure for nominating AOU officers and Elective Councilors is outlined in the Bylaws (Art IV, Sec 2):

“Each Fellow and Elective Member shall be invited to nominate to the Secretary, persons for President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and Elective Councilors. These nominations shall be received by the Secretary four months before the Stated Meeting. Nominations for all officers and Elective Councilors must be accompanied by documented consent of the nominee.”

Nominations may be submitted in writing, or electronically to the Secretary, Sara R. Morris , Department of Biology, Canisius College, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14208 USA (PH: 716-888-2567, FX: 716-888-3157, EM: ).