Election Committee Report

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Election Committee Report
US CMS Collaboration Meeting

• Florida State University
• May 11, 2002

Jim Hanlon and Jay Hauser US CMS Election
Committee
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Election Committee

• Two-member committee, established by the 1999 US
  CMS Constitution
• Election of the Election Committee members was
  conducted in April 2002 by the Collaboration
  Board Chair
• Jim Hanlon (Fermilab) and Jay Hauser (UCLA) were
  re-elected

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Election Committee Duties

• Seek and propose candidates for US CMS elective
  offices
• Supervise all elections (except the election of
  Election Committee members)
• Supervise ratification of constitutional
  modifications
• Receive petitions for extraordinary CB meetings,
  recall of US CMS officers, and constitutional
  modifications

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US CMS Elective Offices(2-year terms)

• US CMS Collaboration Board Chair and Deputy Chair
• Elected in the spring of even-numbered years
• Election Committee Members (2)
• Elected in the early spring of even-numbered
  years
• Subsystem Institution Board Chairs (5)
• Elected in the spring of odd-numbered years
• EMU, HCAL, TriDAS, ECAL, Tracking
• Physics and Education/Outreach Coordinators
• Elected in the spring of odd-numbered years
• At large USASCB members (6)
• One-half elected each spring

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CB Chair and Deputy

• The present terms of the US CMS Collaboration
  Board Chair and Deputy CB Chair are expiring
• Two-year renewable terms
• CB Chair also chairs the US CMS Advisory Board
• CB Chair serves as the US representative on the
  CMS Management Board
• Current office holders (eligible for re-election)
• CB Chair Harvey Newman
• Deputy Vasken Hagopian

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Subsystem IB Chairs

• The subsystem IB chairs and coordinators, elected
  in May 2001
• EMU - Tom Ferguson (Carnegie Mellon)
• HCAL - Pawel de Barbaro (Rochester)
• TriDAS - Darin Acosta (Florida)
• ECAL - Renyuan Zhu (Caltech)
• Tracking - Lucien Cremaldi (Mississippi)
• Physics coordinator - Jim Branson (UCSD)
• Education/Outreach coordinator - Randy Ruchti
  (Notre Dame)

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Elected USASCB Members

• At large USASCB members elected in 2001, whose
  terms will expire in 2003
• Robert Clare (UC Riverside)
• Sridhara Dasu (Wisconsin)
• Irwin Gaines (Fermilab)
• At large USASCB members whose terms expire in
  2002
• Paul Avery (Florida)
• Shuichi Kunori (Maryland)
• David Stickland (Princeton)
• New (Jan 2002) CMS Core Computing and Software
  Project Manager ex officio USASCB member

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Election Procedures

• Procedures for the election of the CB Chair and
  Deputy were announced to the collaboration by
  e-mail on May 7, 2002
• Nominations may be made by any member of the US
  CMS Collaboration
• either at this meeting or via e-mail during the
  next two weeks
• time will be provided for any candidate who
  wishes to make a statement to the collaboration
• Election requires a majority vote of the US CMS
  Collaboration Board
• will be conducted via e-mail during the two-week
  period following close of nominations

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Election Schedule

• Nominations open today, May 11
• Solicit nominations from the collaboration via
  e-mail May 13
• Nominations close May 24
• Ballot sent via e-mail to CB members May 27
• Nominees who agree to stand for election will be
  encouraged to issue a statement relating to their
  prospective term as US CMS Collaboration Board
  Chair or Deputy
• Elections close June 7
• A majority vote of the 37 US CMS institutions is
  required for election

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USASCB Elections

• Nominations will be solicited via e-mail during
  the period May 13-24
• Elections will follow a similar schedule to the
  CB Chair and Deputy elections
• Nomination and election procedures will be
  separate from those for CB Chair and Deputy
• Election requires a majority of the votes cast

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Call for Nominations

• The CB Chair and Deputy are important positions
  in working with the collaboration, the funding
  agencies, the project management, and the host
  laboratory
• We urge all collaboration members to give serious
  consideration in selecting the best qualified
  candidates for these two-year positions
• Nominations from the floor
• we would like the nominator to give a brief
  statement (even a few words) of support for the
  nominee
• the nominee can make a brief statement on his/her
  own behalf if so motivated