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JACoW Voting Introduction

Speaker: Ronny Billen (CERN) - JACoW Election Coordinator

The JACoW Team & Board of Directors

• The JACoW Team is composed of JACoW editors and other experts, as defined in the JACoW Collaboration
• A Board of Directors is elected from among the Team
• The Board of Directors is composed of a Chair, a Deputy Chair, a Coordinator and two further Directors
• The Board of Directors is the managing body that monitors operation of the collaboration and is the deciding authority concerning operations and development/changes to the collaboration and its activities
• The BoD establishes the policies and work programme for the collaboration and monitors progress and verifies that actions have been carried out
• Members of the BoD are elected for fixed terms defined in the Charter (currently three years)

Current JACoW Board of Directors

Elections

• Chair, Deputy Chair and Coordinator are up for election
• Two positions of Directors remain for another two years
• Request for nominees went out to the Team
• Nominees have been asked if they are willing to serve and have the support of their lab
• The candidates on the voting ballot are nominees that have not declined their nomination
• Voting ballots will be distributed on Wednesday at my scheduled talk at 16:40
• Voting ballots will be collected rapidly
• The outcome of the vote will be announced at 17:20

Voting

• Each Team Member or Designated Conference Representative, may cast one vote only, regardless of the role and of the number of conferences he or she represents
• Each conference thus has the right to express one vote only, through its Editor or Designated Representative
• Team Members and Officers who are not Editors or Designated Representatives can also express one vote each
• Valid votes must have a maximum of three selected candidates corresponding to the three Director positions
  • Chair
  • Deputy Chair
  • Coordinator