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Society for Military Psychology Officer Elections |
Dear Colleagues,
Every year, the Society for Military Psychology’s Election Committee asks its members to participate in the democratic process. We ask some to volunteer and run for office. We ask all who are eligible to participate in our Society’s governance by voting. Both acts ensure the strength of our Society now and in the future.
The Election Committee is now accepting nominations for all elected positions. The positions up for election this year are President-elect and Member-at-Large. Please send your nominations to div19.elections@gmail.com or to a member of the Election Committee by 12 March. Self nominations are welcome. If you have questions about eligibility or the duties of the officers, please contact any one of us.
We also ask all members to make sure your dues are paid up for 2020 to receive a ballot from APA. Thanks for participating in the democratic process and ensuring our Society has strong leadership for the future.
Best regards,
Society for Military Psychology Election Committee
Maurice L. Sipos, President-Elect
Paul Bartone, Member-at-Large
Scott Johnston, Member-at-Large
Bruce Crow, Member-at-Large
Every year, the Society for Military Psychology’s Election Committee asks its members to participate in the democratic process. We ask some to volunteer and run for office. We ask all who are eligible to participate in our Society’s governance by voting. Both acts ensure the strength of our Society now and in the future.
The Election Committee is now accepting nominations for all elected positions. The positions up for election this year are President-elect and Member-at-Large. Please send your nominations to div19.elections@gmail.com or to a member of the Election Committee by 12 March. Self nominations are welcome. If you have questions about eligibility or the duties of the officers, please contact any one of us.
We also ask all members to make sure your dues are paid up for 2020 to receive a ballot from APA. Thanks for participating in the democratic process and ensuring our Society has strong leadership for the future.
Best regards,
Society for Military Psychology Election Committee
Maurice L. Sipos, President-Elect
Paul Bartone, Member-at-Large
Scott Johnston, Member-at-Large
Bruce Crow, Member-at-Large
Only Fellows and Members of the Society shall be eligible for nomination or election as Officers of the Society.
ARTICLE V - NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
- The Officers of the Society shall be elected by the Fellows, Members, and voting Associates of the Society (see Article II, Section 8), voting by mail or electronic ballot according to the preferential voting system employed by the Association.
- A standing Elections Committee shall consist of the President- Elect (Chairperson) and the three Members-at-Large of the EXCOM.
- Prior to the annual Association meeting, in adherence to the Association’s deadlines, the Elections Committee Chairperson (President-elect) shall send a nominations ballot to the Society membership. The ballot shall provide at least two places for each office to be filled. All nominees must submit a personal statement identifying their interest and willingness to serve the Society in the position of their nomination. The nominations ballots, when returned by the membership, shall be forwarded to the Chairperson (President-elect). The Elections Committee shall tally the votes, and, for each office to be filled, shall select at least two nominees willing to serve if elected. The persons thus nominated must be the two willing nominees standing highest in the balloting for the office. If two willing nominees cannot be found on the basis of the nominating ballot, then one nominee may be selected by the Elections Committee on the basis of standing in balloting or other exceptional qualification for office. The persons will be named in alphabetical order to the Secretary without identification as to source of the nominations. The Committee Chairperson shall then transmit the names of the persons nominated for each office to be filled to the Elections Committee of the Association in accordance with the Association's deadlines for inclusion in the election ballot mailed or electronically sent by the Association in accordance with the provisions of the Association's Bylaws.
- Officers shall assume office on the first day of January of the year after their election; they shall hold office until their successors are elected and installed, normal terms of office notwithstanding.
