[Air-L] 2009 Elections - candidates, statements, voting instructions and schedule

[Charles Ess]

Dear AoIR-ists,

I'm very pleased to announce the candidates for election to the Executive
Committee, 2009-2011:

Vice President (President, 2011-2013)
    Alex Halavais
    Monica Murero 

Secretary
    Catherine Middleton

Treasurer
    Michael Zimmer

Graduate Student Representative
    Gordon Carlson

Open Seat (please vote for three)
    Elizabeth Buchanan
    Ted Coopman
    Suely Fragoso
    Marj Kibby

You can find their statements describing their reasons for running for
election, qualifications, goals for AoIR, etc. on the AoIR blog/wiki:

http://aoir.org/

You are more than welcome to add a question, comment, etc. for any specific
candidate to respond to: we hope this will serve as a lively forum for
discussion that will help everyone get to know the candidates better and
thereby help us all make informed decisions in the voting process.

VOTING SCHEDULE / INSTRUCTIONS

* voting begins today, 19. August 2009

To make your ballot: just copy the position/candidate list above, and
eliminate the names of those you do _not_ want to vote for.

Please send your ballot to:

Lori Kendall <loriken at uiuc.edu>
(_thanks_, Lori!)

* Voting ends for four officer positions - 30. August (10 days' voting
period required by bylaws)
* Voting ends for 1 grad student and 3 open seats - 24. September (30 days'
voting period required by bylaws).

While the time and energy of many, many people make AoIR what it is - the
Executive Committee takes on much of the responsibility for the day-to-day
operations as well as larger planning and decision-making for AoIR.  The
direction, goals, and tenor of our Executive Committee for the next two
years - indeed, in the case of the Vice President who automatically becomes
President, four years - and thus of AoIR in large measure will be determined
by your vote. Please give this very important matter the time and attention
it deserves.

Many thanks to all the candidates for their willingness to take on these
crucial tasks - and many thanks to you for your attention to and
participation in this important process!

Cheers,
- c.

Institute for Information- and Media Studies
University of Aarhus
Helsingforsgade 14
8200 Århus N.
Denmark
mail: <imvce at hum.au.dk>
tel: (+45) 8942 9235

Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies
Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA

Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23