Call for Nominations

As required by Section 3 of SARA By-Laws, this is the official call for nominations for SARA officers and board members. If you are interested in running for office and would like to know more about the positions, please contact a board member or SARA President Bill Lord (president@radio-astronomy.org). The requirement to be on the board is to attend the board meetings at the annual meeting and to actively participate in board-related activities. If you are unable to attend the annual meetings, then the director at large position may be for you. This position is a full board position only attending the annual meeting is not required.

The following positions will be up for election in June 2012: President, Vice President, one Director at Large and three regular Directors. If you would like to run for one of the available SARA officer or board positions please send a note to Secretary Bill Seymour (secretary@radio-astronomy.org) copying President Bill Lord. Contact information also is listed in the Administrative Info tab on the SARA website (www.radio-astronomy.org) and in the Administrative section of the SARA journal.

Text from the By-Laws: SECTION 3:
Elections of Directors and Officers will be accomplished by the President placing an initial call for nominations in "The Journal" no less than ninety (90) days prior to the regular scheduled meeting. Two (2) nominations from different members will be required to nominate a member for an office.

No less than thirty (30) days prior to this meeting (in a newsletter issued prior to the meeting), the President will place a notice of the results of the nominations in "The Journal", along with a ballot for the members to use to vote for the nominee of their choice. This ballot will be forwarded to the Secretary for collection and counting at the regular meeting.