SACP Listserv Reminder: SACP election 2017 (Nov. 4 deadline to vote)
Dear SACP members,
**If you receive a duplicate of this message, please ignore. We have experienced technical problems so the election has been extended until Nov 4 (Saturday).
If you have already cast your ballot, thank you and please ignore this message.
This year the Society elects two officials: Vice President and one Board member.
By the end of this calendar year, Robin Wang will complete her term as President of the SACP, and Jin Y. Park will begin her presidency in January 2018 for a two-year term. After long service for the Society at various positions, Douglas Berger will step down from his position as a member of the Board of Directors. Also, after many years’ service as Secretary, Mary Bockover will step down as well. Thanks Robin, Doug, and Mary for your service to the Society!
Vice presidential election (elect one):
The elected person will serve as VP in 2018-2019 and automatically become president for a two-year term (2020-2021).
Candidates (in an alphabetical order) are:
(1) Sarah Flavel (Bath Spa University); (2) John W. M. Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges); (3) Bryan Van Norden (Yale-NUS College)
The candidates’ statements are attached.
Election of a Board member (elect one):
The elected person will serve as a board member for three years (2018-2020, renewable).
Candidates (in an alphabetical order) are:
- Aaron Creller (University of Northern Florida); (2) Peter Hershock (East-West Center, University of Hawaii); (3) Joshua Mason (West Chester University),
Please cast your ballot and send it to Jin Y Park, Vice President at sacpelection2017@PROTECTED by Nov. 4 (Saturday).
Secretary
There was only one nomination for the position of Secretary, Marzenna Jakubczak (Pedagogical University of Cracow), and Marzenna accepted the position.
For information about current leadership, please refer to the SACP web: http://www.sacpweb.org/about/
Thank you for your participation.
Jin Y. Park
Vice President
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