[agents] IFAAMAS Board of Directors Elections: Eligibility and Call for Nominations

[Rafael H Bordini]

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   International Foundation for
   Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS)
   Board of Directors
   Fourth Biennial Elections -- March 2014
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The International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Systems (IFAAMAS) is a not-for-profit organisation that sponsors the
annual International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Systems (AAMAS) <http://www.ifaamas.org>. IFAAMAS is managed by a
27-member Board of Directors, each Board member serving a six-year
term. The current IFAAMAS Board, and their terms of office, can be
found at <http://www.ifaamas.org/boardmembers.html>. In March 2014,
IFAAMAS will be holding the fourth of its biennial elections to choose
9 new Board members (i.e., replacing 1/3 of the Board). Eligible
voters and candidates in the election are the members of the IFAAMAS
community, which by IFAAMAS by-laws are those people who have attended
at least 2 out of the last 4 AAMAS conferences.

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NB: All members of the community (according to that criteria)
that could be identified from the records kept by IFAAMAS have already
received an email message notifying them of eligibility to participate
in the elections. If you have attended at least 2 AAMAS conferences in
the period from 2010 to 2013 and did not receive such a message please
contact me at <ifaamas.elections2014 at gmail.com> as soon as
possible.
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The list of eligible voters/candidates will be posted at
<http://www.ifaamas.org/eligiblevoters.html> when the nomination
period starts. This list is posted to help people identify candidates,
nominators, and seconders. Eligible voters may ask to be removed from
the online list whilst remaining eligible to participate in the
elections. The election process is managed by an Elections Committee
appointed by the President of IFAAMAS. For the 2014 elections, the
members of the Elections Committee are Rafael Bordini (PUCRS, Brazil)
as chair, Stacy Marsella (USC, USA), and Alex Rogers (U.Southampton,
UK).


CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - 17th FEBRUARY to 7th MARCH 2014
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Candidates for the election must be a member of the IFAAMAS community
(i.e., his or her name must be on the list of eligible voters). A
candidate for the Board must be nominated and seconded by members of
the IFAAMAS community (as published at
<http://www.ifaamas.org/eligiblevoters.html>) or nominated by a
current member of the IFAAMAS Board of Directors. A retiring Board
member who has served a full six-year term may not immediately stand
for re-election. If in doubt about eligibility or the nomination
process, feel free to send questions to
<ifaamas.elections2014 at gmail.com>.

Before nominating or seconding a candidate, you should confirm that
the nominee is willing to serve. The nomination should include a short
statement and bio (1 page maximum, PDF format) presenting the
candidate’s background, previous service to the field, and issues they
would address as a Board member. Nominations must be sent to
<ifaamas.elections2014 at gmail.com> from 17th of February to 7th of
March 2014. The nomination statements of the elected candidates in the
last IFAAMAS Board election can still be found at
<http://www.ifaamas.org/samplenominations.html> to be used as examples
for the statement required for nomination. From the nominations, the
Elections Committee will draw up a list of candidates, followed by the
voting to elect the new Board members.

IFAAMAS represents the entire AAMAS community and is therefore
interested in encouraging diversity in all its various forms
(including but not limited to regional, gender, and research area)
among candidates and on the Board. Regarding geographical balance, of
the 18 members remaining on the Board for the next 2-year period there
are 6 from the Americas (of which 4 from the USA), 8 from Europe, 2
from the Middle East, and 2 from Asia-Pacific. Regarding gender
diversity, of the 18 Board members there are 5 women and 13 men. The
IFAAMAS Elections Committee thus wishes to particularly encourage the
nomination of non-US/Europe candidates and the nomination of female
candidates.


Rafael H. Bordini -- <ifaamas.elections2014 at gmail.com>
Chair of the Elections Committee
IFAAMAS Board of Directors -- 2014 Elections