[agents] IFAAMAS Board Elections 2016

[Rafael H Bordini]

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   International Foundation for
   Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS)
   Board of Directors
   Fifth Biennial Elections -- March 2016
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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 2016,
IFAAMAS will be holding the fifth 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 2012 to 2015 and did not receive such a message please
contact us at <ifaamas.elections2016 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 2016 elections, the
members of the Elections Committee are Rafael Bordini (PUCRS, Brazil)
as chair, Stacy Marsella (USC, USA), and Karl Tuyls (U.Liverpool,
UK).


CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - 22nd FEBRUARY to 13th MARCH 2016
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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.elections2016 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.elections2016 at gmail.com> from 22nd of February to 13th of
March 2016. The nomination statements of the elected candidates in the
last IFAAMAS Board election will be available 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 there are 5 from the Americas
(of which 3 from the USA), 9 from Europe, 2 from the Middle East, and
2 from Asia-Pacific. Regarding gender diversity, among those 18 Board
members there are 7 women and 11 men. The IFAAMAS Elections Committee
thus wishes to particularly encourage the nomination of candidates
based outside of Europe as well as the nomination of female
candidates.


Rafael H. Bordini -- <ifaamas.elections2016 at gmail.com>
Chair of the Elections Committee
IFAAMAS Board of Directors -- 2016 Elections