The constitution of The International Society of Photosynthesis Research specifies that:
"The Nominating Committee shall call for nominations from the Society membership about 1 year prior to the International Congress. A member may nominate only one person for each office. For each position the member receiving the highest number of nominations, and agreeing to run and then to serve if elected, is to appear on the ballot. A person nominated for more than one office shall appear on the ballot only for the highest position, in the order: president, secretary, treasurer, executive committee member. The Nominating Committee shall provide one additional nomination for each position, the nominee agreeing to run and serve if elected. There shall be no indication of the source of the nominations."
Present elected composition of ISPR:
Officers:
President: E-M Aro (FIN); Past-President: R Blankenship (USA); Secretary: J Golbeck (USA); Treasurer: B Osmond (AUS).
Representatives of geographical areas:
Europe: (incl. Israel): J Barber*, C Foyer, N Baker (UK) F-A Wollman (F)
Americas : S Huber*, D Bryant, A Grossman, S Merchant, W Vermaas (USA)
Rest of the world: K. Asada*, K. Matsura (J), S von Caemmerer (AUS)
* term expires 2007; all others 2010.
Please nominate no more than one individual for each position taking into account the following eligibility restrictions. Blankenship cannot be nominated for any position as he will become past-president. Former Presidents Ort, Junge, and Mathis cannot be nominated for President. Barber Huber and Asada complete 6 year terms as geographical representatives and cannot be re-elected for these positions, but they can be nominated as officers. Others continue as representatives of their geographical area until 2007.
As specified in the Constitution, geographic representation is reviewed every 3 years and adjusted to reflect the current make-up of ISPR membership. The 2004 review resulted realignment to 5 representatives from the Americas, 4 representatives from Europe, and 3 representatives from the rest of the world.
Nominations (please print and mail or fax; or copy format in e-mail)
Officers (name one each)
President ___________________________________________
Secretary ___________________________________________
Treasurer ___________________________________________
Representatives of geographical areas (name one each)
Americas ___________________________________________
Europes ___________________________________________
Rest of the world ___________________________________________
Your name and signature:
____________________________________________________
Please end your nominations for prizes, and for officers and geographical representatives to:
Robert Blankenship,
Chairman of the ISPR Nomination Committee,
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
preferably by
e-mail Blankenship@wustl.edu
or fax +1 (314) 935-5125
by 30 March 2007.
