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Nominating Committee
Background
Established in 1939.
Charge
The LSA Constitution, Article IV, No. 2, states:
The Nominating Committee shall nominate one person for the position of Vice-President and two for each vacant position on the Executive Committee. A report from the Nominating Committee and the slate of nominees shall be mailed to the members at least seven months in advance of the Annual Meeting. If six months before the Annual Meeting, ten or more members have separately and in writing nominated any additional personal member for any position, that name shall be added to the mail ballot submitted to the members. This ballot shall be mailed not less than four months in advance of the Annual Meeting. A quorum shall consist of those replies which have been received by the Secretary two months in advance of the date of the Annual Meeting.
Responsibilities
The Nominating Committee nominates the Vice President/President-Elect and four candidates for the Executive Committee. The Committee conducts all of its business by electronic mail and/or phone and submits the slate of nominees to the membership in the June LSA Bulletin.
Membership (by invitation)
The LSA Constitution, Article IV, no. 2, states:
There shall be a Nominating Committee consisting of seven members. Two members shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee each year to serve for three years. Each year the President shall appoint one of the two senior members as Chair. The immediate Past President shall serve ex-officio with vote as the seventh member.
Note: an amendment to the Constitution was approved by the Executive Committee in May, 2009 that would alter the composition of the committee. It will be considered by the LSA membership via electronic ballot in the Fall of 2009.
The Nominating Committee shall nominate one person for the position of Vice President and two for each vacant position on the Executive Committee. A report from the Nominating Committee and the slate of nominees with statements from the candidates shall be sent to the members at least seven months in advance of the Annual Meeting. If six months before the Annual Meeting, ten or more members have separately and in writing nominated any additional individual member for any position, and that member agrees to be presented as a candidate for the position in question, then that name shall be added to the ballot submitted to the members. This ballot shall be sent not less than four months in advance of the Annual Meeting. A quorum shall consist of those replies which have been received by the Secretary-Treasurer two months in advance of the date of the Annual Meeting.
Committee Members
- Arienne Dwyer, University of Kansas, Chair (2012)
- Jill Beckman, University of Iowa (2012)
- Sharon Klein, California State University, Northridge (2013)
- David Lightfoot, Georgetown University, Ex officio (2011)
- Richard P. Meier, University of Texas at Austin (2011)
- Acrisio Pires, University of Michigan (2013)
- Dennis Preston, Oklahoma State University (2011)
