2000-2001 Nominations Committee Report
December 26, 2000

The 2000-2001 AAA Nominations Committee met in Salt Lake City on December 18, 2000. Committee members were W. Steve Albrecht, Brigham Young University, chair; Michael A. Diamond, University of Southern California; Donna R. Philbrick, Portland State University; James E. Hunton, University of South Florida (the alternate who replaced Barry Cushing because of illness); Richard P. Weber, Michigan State University; Jan R. Williams, University of Tennessee; and Stephen A. Zeff, Rice University. All members were present for the entire meeting.

Candidates to be considered by the Nominations Committee were obtained through a call for nominations placed in the Accounting Education News and on the AAA's Home page. This call for nominations elicited numerous suggested candidates whose names were distributed to committee members before the December 18 meeting. Prior to the meeting, committee members exchanged a series of e-mails where candidates for the various offices and position descriptions were distributed and discussed.

The Nominations Committee meeting began with a discussion of the processes to be followed. A list of nominees, list of offices for election, copies of relevant AAA bylaws and policies and procedures, and nominating guidelines were distributed to committee members at the beginning of the meeting. All committee members agreed on the processes to be followed. Committee members discussed the positions to be filled, including the duties and responsibilities of each position and the individual characteristics and qualifications required for each position. The Committee agreed to follow the long-standing tradition of selecting the nominee for President-elect from among persons with previous experience on the AAA's Executive Committee. Other factors discussed included continuity, service to the AAA, representativeness and diversity.

The Nominations Committee considered the President-elect position first; individuals not receiving the final nomination were included in the list of available candidates for other positions. This practice was followed for each position. The voting process was as follows:

• Proceeding around the table, each committee member nominated individuals to be considered. We continued going around the table until all committee members had nominated everyone they wanted or until everyone passed on further nominations.
• Once candidates were formally nominated, the committee discussed each candidate in turn. After all Committee members agreed that sufficient discussion had occurred, voting proceeded.
• If there were five or more candidates nominated, every committee member received two votes. During each voting iteration, the half of the candidates with the fewest votes were eliminated. As soon as the number of remaining candidates was four or less, committee member received only one vote. The voting ceased when a single candidate received a simple majority of votes.

The following positions were considered: President-elect, Vice President (undesignated), Vice President-International, Vice President-Professional; Vice President-Finance-Elect; 2 Council (at large) positions, and Council-International.

The Nominations Committee has identified the following nominees for Executive Committee and Council positions:

• President-elect: G. Peter Wilson, Boston College
• Vice President (undesignated): William E. (Bill) McCarthy, Michigan State
• Vice President-International: Judy S. L. Tsui, City University of Hong Kong
• Vice-President-Professional, Sam Vitkoski, BDO Seidman
• Vice President-Finance-Elect: Judy D. Rayburn, University of Minnesota
• Council (at large): Ruth W. Epps, Virginia Commonwealth Paul F. Williams, North Carolina State
• Council-International: Neil W. Garrod, Glasgow University

We believe these nominees are an outstanding group of AAA members who will serve our association well.

American Accounting Association Nominations Committee
W. Steve Albrecht, Chair
December 26, 2000

NOTE: Consistent with AAA bylaws, additional candidates for any of these positions may be nominated by petition signed by at least 100 Association members, submitted to Executive Director Craig Polhemus at the AAA headquarters, 5717 Bessie Drive, Sarasota, Florida 34233-2399, to be received by April 2, 2001. Those so nominated must have agreed to serve if elected. Biographical information about all nominees will be published in a future issue of Accounting Education News, and the election process will take place via Web, email, fax, and mail. Newly elected officers will take office at the 2001 Annual Meeting in Atlanta this August.