[Athen] FW: Nomination of Officers

[Terry Thompson]

Hi Pratik, 

I'll toss my hat into the ring as Vice President. 

Thanks, 
Terry



> -----Original Message-----

> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org 

> [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel

> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 6:15 AM

> To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'

> Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: Nomination of Officers

> 

> Hello all,

> 

> Was just going to post this announcement.

> 

> So far the candidates who have declared or have been nominated are:

> 

> 1. President: Ron Stewart

> 2. Vice President: (none)

> 3. Secretary: Dan Berkowitz

> 4. Treasurer: Heidi Scher

> 

> In light of the fact that we have no one nominated to run for 

> the VP's position(s), I'm extending nominations until the end 

> of the day tomorrow, October 30, 2007.  Please see my earlier 

> announcement regarding procedures.

> 

> Regards,

> 

> Pratik

> 

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org 

> [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart

> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 8:51 AM

> To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'

> Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: Nomination of Officers

> 

> Pratik,

> 

> Can you please provide the list of candidates you have thus 

> far please.

> 

> Ron Stewart

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org 

> [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel

> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 7:18 AM

> To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'

> Subject: [Athen] FW: Nomination of Officers

> Importance: High

> 

> Hello all,

> 

> Just a brief reminder that the deadline for nominations is 

> today.  Please see the forwarded announcement.

> 

> Regards,

> 

> Pratik

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Pratik Patel [mailto:pratikp1 at gmail.com]

> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:38 PM

> To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'

> Subject: Nomination of Officers

> Importance: High

> 

> Dear colleagues,

> 

> As you might have noted from the e-mail messages that have 

> passed back and forth over the last week, ATHEN is getting 

> ready to conduct its annual election of officers prior to 

> (and in conjunction with) the Accessing Higher Ground 

> Conference.  The absence of unanimous egging leads me to be 

> the sole volunteer overseeing this election process.

> 

> I would ask that you please read this message in its entirety 

> as it contains instructions on the first phase of this endeavor.

> 

> With this message, we open up the virtual floor for 

> nominations for the following officer positions in accordance 

> with ATHEN's by-laws

> (http://www.athenpro.org/node/23):

> 1. President

> 2. One or more vice presidents

> 3. Secretary

> 4. Treasurer

> 

> For a list of officer duties, see article IV, Sections 5.5 

> through 5.8.

> 

> All nominations must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM 

> eastern on Sunday October 28, 2007.

> 

> If you are self nominating or nominating an individual for a 

> position with his/her knowledge, you may submit the 

> nomination to the ATHEN discussion list (Access Technologists 

> in Higher Education Network [athen at athenpro.org]).  All 

> individuals nominated for a position must accept the 

> nomination.  If you are nominating an individual or 

> individuals for positions without his/her knowledge--and such 

> a practice is highly discouraged, please forward the 

> nomination to me privately at pratikp1 at gmail.com.  Please 

> provide the nominee's full contact information in order to 

> verify acceptance.  If you do not feel comfortable nominating 

> someone over the ATHEN discussion list, you may also forward 

> the nomination to be privately at pratikp1 at gmail.com. 

> 

> Advanced apologies for the inconvenience; however, please 

> note that individuals who may have expressed interest in 

> running for a position prior to the beginning of the 

> nomination process must officially declare his/her 

> willingness to run for a position through the nominations 

> process as outlined in this message.

> 

> All candidates must submit a statement that states his/her 

> qualifications for the position being sought prior to the 

> beginning of the voting process.

> Online voting will begin a few days after nominations have 

> been submitted and will run through the morning of November 

> 8, 2007 more information on the voting process will be 

> available in a separate message.

> 

> Please do not hesitate to address any questions on the 

> nominations process to me privately at pratikp1 at gmail.com.

> 

> I look forward to the nominations process and the subsequent voting.

> 

> Warm regards,

> 

> Pratik

> 

> Pratik Patel

> Director, IT Access. Director, PeopleTech The City University 

> of New York

> mailto: pratikp1 at gmail.com

> PeopleTech Project Site

> 

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