Nominations Accepted for President, Other Leadership Posts

Nominations are still being accepted for a number of ASME leadership positions — including ASME president and a number of Board of Governors and ASME vice president positions — to begin in June 2009, according to Wes Rowley, chair of ASME's Nominating Committee.

Candidates should inform the Nominating Committee of their intentions to run for office by March 15, and submit a final nomination package by April 15, Rowley said. The Nominating Committee will meet at the Annual Meeting in June to evaluate the candidates and recommend nominees.

The Nominating Committee asks that each member of ASME help identify at least two highly qualified candidates for the offices, which include ASME president for 2009–2010, and three members of the Board of Governors to serve from 2009–2012.

Seven ASME vice presidents are also being sought for the following ASME sectors or departments: Conformity Assessment, Education, Government Relations, the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI), Programs and Activities, Safety Codes and Standards, and Technical Communities. These vice presidents will serve from 2009–2012.

Although ASME members may endorse only a single proposed nominee for any one office — whether by writing a letter of recommendation or appearing as a supporter on behalf of the proposed nominee — they may support one nominee for each of the three categories (president, Board of Governors member, and vice president).

The Nominating Committee is made up of ASME members who represent the various Society units. After working to attract the most qualified and committed ASME members as candidates to serve as Society leaders, the Nominating Committee then presents the best officer candidates to the Society's membership on a proxy that is distributed each fall through Mechanical Engineering magazine.

Nominating packages are available on ASME's Web site at www.asme.org/Governance/Nominating/Nominating
_Committee.cfm. For further information about procedures or for a nomination packet, contact RuthAnn Bigley, ASME Governance, at (212) 591-7650, e-mail bigleyr@asme.org.

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