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APS General Election
Election Information
This website is only for dispersing information and is not the official APS election website.
Candidate Information
The 2010 APS Nominating Committee is pleased to present an outstanding slate of candidates for the 2010 APS annual election. Those who are elected will begin their terms on 1 January 2011. Please take this opportunity to view each candidate's biographical information and statement by clicking on the names below or download candidate brochure as a .pdf for review and printing.
APS also announces its annual, Society-wide electronic election. Members for whom the APS has valid email addresses will be notified via email regarding election procedures and all members are encouraged to use the web-based voting process hosted by Survey and Ballot Systems, Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
The election website will be open from June 15 until September 1. Paper ballots will be provided upon request or for those for whom the APS does not have a valid email address.
Constitutional Amendment
One APS Constitutional amendment issue is on the 2010 ballot regarding changes to the structure of the Council. The following proposed Constitutional amendment was unanimously approved for a membership vote by the APS Council at its most recent meeting on April 18, 2010:
"Do you approve the APS Constitutional Amendment to eliminate the current two-year International Councillor position and to designate 4 of the current 8 General Councillor positions as International Councillors with regular four-year terms?" Yes No
Background on the Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Candidates for Vice President (Vote for One)
Christopher McKee, University of California, Berkeley
Michael S. Turner, The University of Chicago
Candidates for Chair-Elect, Nominating Committee (Vote for One)
Ani Aprahamian, Notre Dame University
Lars Bildsten, University of California, Santa Barbara
Candidates for General Councillor (Vote for Two)
Haiyan Gao, Duke University
Angel E. Garcia, Rensselaer Polytech Institute
Jeff Harvey, University of Chicago
Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona
Ken Cole, Administrator for Governing Committees
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
Tel: (301) 209-3288
Fax: (301) 209-0865
email: cole@aps.org
