Dear OSEAS-Europe friends,
We are happy to inform you that the call for nominations of June 13 has resulted in the following nominations:
· for the Chair Elect Position: Agnes Vajda, Fulbright Commission Hungary, currently ECE Rep on the OSEAS-Europe Board;
· for the NIS rep positions we have two nominations:
and
According to the OSEAS-Europe By Laws, when there is only one nomination for a position, the person will be automatically selected, without voting. Therefore congratulations to Agi, the new OSEAS-Europe Chair Elect!!!
Elections will be held for the NIS Rep position and all advisers who will be attending the Conference in Cyprus are invited to participate in the OSEAS-Europe Business Meeting, part I, on Thursday July 19, 5:45 – 6:45, where the two candidates will be introduced. The candidates will campaign during the coffee breaks at the OSEAS-Europe booth in the exhibit hall, therefore visit the exhibit hall and come and meet your NIS Rep candidates! The ballot box will be at the OSEAS-Europe booth as well. The voting logistics will be detailed in the Business Meeting, part I, on Thursday July 19. Then, in the second part of the OSEAS-Europe Business Meeting scheduled on Sunday, July 22, 3:15 – 4:15, we will announce the winner and invite the new Chair Elect and NIS Rep to join the Board.
For advisers who will not be at the Cyprus Conference, electronic voting starts right away. Electronic voting closes on July 15 at 12 P.M.
And now a quick reminder of the VOTING PROCEDURE:
Immediately after posting the nominations, electronic voting starts for advisers not attending the Conference in Cyprus. Please send your votes to all the three OSEAS-Europe Board members below:
Mihaela Arsene at: marsene@fulbright.kappa.ro
Isabella Lanciotti at: ilanciotti@fulbright.it
Diana Lopez at: dlopez@utk.edu
You’ll be sending your vote to three addresses because we want to make sure technology problems will not affect the voting process and to ensure we have independent verification. Isabella Lanciotti is Immediate Past Chair of OSEAS-Europe and Diana Lopez is the US-Based OSEAS Coordinator for NAFSA.
All electronic votes will be in by JULY 15, 2001.
The electronic votes will be counted together with the votes cast in the ballot box available at the OSEAS-Europe stand in the exhibit hall of the Cyprus Conference.
Election shall be by simple majority of the votes cast.
Results will be announced at the OSEAS-Europe Business Meeting, part II, on July 22, 15:15 – 16:15, and they will be posted on the OSEAS-Europe listserv after the Cyprus Conference.
Please remember that electronic voting is meant only for advisers not attending the Cyprus Conference.
Thank you!
Mihaela Arsene
OSEAS-Europe Chair 2000-2001