Any member who wishes to submit a nomination for the offices in ICA's fall 2007 elections must do so by February 28, 2007, the deadline for receipt of all nominations. Members may nominate candidates for president-elect select, a student board member, and a board member-at-large. The member-at-large elected this year will represent the Americas - outside of the United States, as dictated by the protocol ICA adopted in 2000 in order to promote worldwide representation on the Board.
The U.S. notwithstanding, the Americas region consists of the nations of North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. These include Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Board members, both student and at-large, serve 2-year terms on the board. The president serves for one year, but winning the ICA presidential election is a five-and-a-half-year commitment to the Executive Committee: winners serve six months as president-elect select; one year as president-elect and conference program chair; one year as ICA president; two years as past president; and one year as chair of the ICA Finance Committee.
Any ICA member may nominate any other ICA member for office. Nominations must include a letter of nomination and statement about the candidate’s credentials and record of service to ICA. Nominees will be asked to provide a vita and list of references.
Rajiv N. Rimal, Johns Hopkins U, is the current chair of the ICA Nominating Committee. Other committee members include Peng Hwa Ang, Nanyang Technological U; George Cheney, U of Utah; Lynn Schofield Clark, U of Denver; Els De Bens, U of Gent; and Dafna Lemish, Tel Aviv U. Questions on the nominating process may be directed to Rajiv N. Rimal at rrimal@jhsph.edu.
Send nominations - which must be received, not postmarked, by February 28, 2007 - to:
Dr. Rajiv N. Rimal
Johns Hopkins U
Hampton House 739
624 N. Broadway
Baltimore MD 21205 USA
(01) 410-955-7241
Online balloting in the fall 2007 ICA elections will begin on September 15 and continue until October 1, 2007.
