The ICA office in Washington, DC must receive any and all officer nominations for the association's fall 2010 elections by 15 February 2010. Members may nominate candidates for president-elect select, a student board member, and two positions for board members-at-large - representing the regions of Europe and Oceania-Africa.
The UNESCO Statistical Yearbook defines Europe to include all four UNESCO European subregions (Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Europe). Oceania-Africa is defined as the five subregions of Africa (Eastern, Northern, Middle, Southern, and Western Africa), as well as the nations of the region known as Oceania: Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Tuvalu, and Nauru.
Board members-at-large serve 3-year terms on the ICA Board of Directors, and student members serve 2-year terms. The president-elect select serves as ICA President for one year, but election is actually a 5 1/2-year commitment to the board. The winner serves for 6 months under the title of president-elect select; 1 year as president-elect and conference program chair; 1 year as ICA president; 2 years as past president; and finally, 1 year as chair of the 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.
Benjamin Detenber, Nanyang Technological U, is the current chair of the ICA Nominating Committee. Other committee members include Karen Tracy, U of Colorado; Jan A.G.M. Van Dijk, U of Twente; Silvio Waisbord, George Washington U; and Bernadette Watson, U of Queensland. Questions on the nomination process should be directed to Benjamin Detenber, tdetenber@ntu.edu.sg.
Send nominations - which must be received, not postmarked, by 15 February 2010.
