EOS Board Elections 2012
2012 is an election year for the EOS Board. Five seats will have to be filled. All EOS members are entitled to nominate candidates for election to the Board.
Deadline for nominations: 31 March 2012.
Call for Nominations for EOS Board
We invite you to nominate candidates for election to the Board. Nominations may be made either by letter or by e-mail.
If by letter, this must be signed by three EOS members (not including the person nominated). A letter from the person nominated, accepting the nomination, must also be enclosed (or sent separately).
If by e-mail, each of the three EOS members supporting the nomination must send in a separate e-mail indicating their support for the candidate. (This is important, as the receipt of three separate e-mails is being accepted in lieu of signatures.) In addition, the person nominated must send an e-mail accepting the nomination. Contact details for both letters and e-mails are given below.
Please note that all four people involved (candidate and three supporters) must be full or associate members of EOS.
Each EOS member is entitled to nominate up to three candidates for election to the Board. There is no rule to prevent the same three people nominating more than one candidate.
Present EOS Board
| Andres, Pedro (Spain) |
(terms ends this year, but eligible for re-nomination) |
| Bergmann, Ralf (Germany) |
(term ends 2014) |
| Björk, Gunnar (Sweden) | (term ends 2014) |
| Denz, Cornelia (Germany) | (term ends 2014) |
| Dennis, Mark (UK) | IOP representative |
| Graf, Thomas (Germany) | (terms ends this year, but eligible for re-nomination) |
| Herzig, Hans Peter (Switzerland) | Past President (is not eligible for re-election) |
| Huignard, Jean Pierre (France) | SFO representative |
| Lefèvre, Hervé (France) | President; automatically becomes Past President with a seat on the Board |
| Livshits, Irina (Russia) | Representative of the Affiliated Societies |
| Ozols, Andris (Latvia) | Branch representative for Hungary, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine |
| Paterson, Carl (UK) | (term ends 2014) |
| Pauliat, Gilles (France) | (term ends this year; is not eligible for re-election) |
| Pfeffer, Michael (Germany) | DGaO representative |
| Ramponi, Roberta (Italy) | (term ends 2014) |
| Righini, Giancarlo (Italy) | (terms ends this year, but eligible for re-nomination) |
| Sibilia, Concita (Italy) | Branch representative for Italy, Sweden, Switzerland |
| Urbach, Paul (Netherlands) | President Elect: automatically becomes President for 2012-14 |
| Vlad, Valentin (Romania) | Chair of the Advisory Committee |
The vacancies for election by the membership in 2012 are the seats presently occupied by:
- Pedro Andres, Spain
- Thomas Graf, Germany
- Hans Peter Herzig, Switzerland
- Gilles Pauliat, France
- Giancarlo Righini, Italy
Pedro Andres, Thomas Graf and Giancarlo Righini are eligible to stand for re-election if they wish to do so, but they must be nominated in the usual way.
Nominations close on 31 March 2012, but it will assist the election organisers if you get your nominations in as soon as possible.
Contact details for nominations
| By letter: | David Briers, Cwm Gorllwyn, Tegryn, Llanfyrnach, SA35 0DN, UK |
| By e-mail: | david.briers@physics.org |
David Briers
Election Officer, EOS Board Elections, 2012