[agents] IFAAMAS board 2024 elections

[Amato, Chris]

tldr: People that go to AAMAS, please nominate people for the IFAAMAS board by Feb 5. The details are below. Thanks!

  Chris

As a reminder, 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><http://www.ifaamas.org/boardmembers.html>. In March 2024, IFAAMAS
will be holding the sixth 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 who have attended at least 2 out of
the last 4 AAMAS conferences. You are, therefore, eligible to vote and
to become a candidate in the 2024 elections for the IFAAMAS Board of
Directors.

The list of eligible voters/candidates is posted at
<http://www.ifaamas.org/eligiblevoters.html><http://www.ifaamas.org/eligiblevoters.html>.
This list is posted to help people identify candidates,
nominators, and seconders. If you would prefer that your name be
removed from that online list, please let us know with an email to
<ifaamas-elections at tudelft.nl><mailto:ifaamas-elections at tudelft.nl> (you will still be eligible to
participate in the elections). The election process is managed by an
Elections Committee appointed by the President of IFAAMAS. For the
2024 elections, the members of the Elections Committee are:
-Frans Oliehoek (TU Delft, Netherlands) as chair
-Christopher Amato (Northeastern University, USA)
-Roie Zivan (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - 8th JANUARY to 5th FEBRUARY

Candidates for the election must be members of the IFAAMAS community
(i.e., their 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 (i.e., eligible voters for the 2024 elections) 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-elections at tudelft.nl><mailto:ifaamas-elections at tudelft.nl>.

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-elections at tudelft.nl><mailto:ifaamas-elections at tudelft.nl>
Although not strictly required, we strongly encourage people to
notify us by the last week of January of the intent to nominate a
candidate.

The nomination statements of the elected candidates in the last IFAAMAS
Board election can still be found at
<http://www.ifaamas.org/samplenominations.html><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 and will then
conduct 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. The IFAAMAS Elections Committee
wishes to particularly encourage the nomination of female candidates.


Christopher Amato
Associate Professor
Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Northeastern University
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/camato/











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