Announcement of the Slate of Officers for the
2019–2020 AAA Board of Directors Election

The 2019-2020 slate of officers includes these positions: President-Elect, Vice President-Finance-Elect, Director-Focusing on Academic/Practitioner Interaction, and Director-Focusing on Intellectual Property.

Members are Selected for the Slate of Officers in Three Ways

Council Ballot Committee (CBC)
Responsible for Director-Focusing on Academic/Practitioner Interaction
- CBC is a "committee of the whole." Those representing Sections and Regions are members.
- It populates the slate for one position each year, from nominations submitted from across the membership.
- By this process, 3 members of the Board at any given time have been elected after being chosen for the ballot by the CBC.
AAA Nominations Committee
Responsible for President-Elect, Vice President-Finance-Elect, and Director-Focusing on Intellectual Property
- The committee identifies candidates from nominations submitted from across the membership.
- It is a standing committee with 7 members:
Petition by Members
Responsible for Vice President-Finance-Elect and Director-Focusing on Intellectual Property
- In any year, additional nominations can be made by a member petition.
- By gathering 100 signatures and submitting them 45 days prior to the election, a member can nominate a member to be included on the slate as a candidate in the Board election.

Slate of Candidates

Candidates for the 2019–2020 Board of Directors election are listed below. The election will take place in Spring 2019, with the ballot opening in the first week of March.

President-Elect	Institution	Added to the slate by
Brian J. Bushee	University of Pennsylvania	AAA Nominations Committee
Elaine G. Mauldin	University of Missouri-Columbia	AAA Nominations Committee

Vice President-Finance-Elect	Institution	Added to the slate by
Markus Ahrens	St. Louis Community College-Meramec	AAA Nominations Committee
Mark S. Beasley	North Carolina State University	AAA Nominations Committee
Marlene A. Plumlee	The University of Utah	Petition

Director-Focusing on Academic/Practitioner Interactions	Institution	Added to the slate by
John Hepp	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Council Ballot Committee
Sridhar Ramamoorti	University of Dayton	Council Ballot Committee

Director-Focusing on Intellectual Property	Institution	Added to the slate by
Uday S. Murthy	University of South Florida	AAA Nominations Committee
Mary Harris Stanford	Texas Christian University	AAA Nominations Committee
Phillip C. Stocken	Dartmouth College	Petition

Terms

New officers will serve on the Board of Directors for three years beginning at the Annual Meeting in August 2019 in San Francisco, CA.

Voting Process

In early February a "Get to Know the Candidates" page will be posted on the AAA website with candidate photos and brief overviews, for members to view until online voting begins.
Online voting begins on or about March 1, 2019.
According to the AAA Bylaws, the election takes place by mail, facsimile, or electronic vote of the members. (Detailed voting instructions will be provided later via the AAA website and multi-topic emails.)
Regular and Life members of the Association are eligible to vote in elections conducted by the Association; student members are not eligible to participate in the Board of Directors election process.
Paper ballots are mailed to all members 1) without a valid email address and 2) who are on the AAA "do not email" list (who have opted out of receiving emails).

Details Specified in the AAA Bylaws

Nominations Committee
The AAA Nominations Committee shall consist of the two most recent Past Presidents willing and able to serve and five members elected by Council. The five elected members cannot be current members of either Council or the Board of Directors. The Nominations Committee shall be chaired by the most senior, in service, of the Past Presidents serving. Members of the Nominations Committee are not eligible for nomination. Members of the 2018-2019 Nominations Committee are: David Burgstahler, University of Washington-Seattle, AAA Past President; Anne Christensen, Montana State University-Bozeman, AAA Past President; Ann Dzuranin, Northern Illinois University; Martha Eining, The University of Utah; Sarah McVay, University of Washington; Scott Showalter, North Carolina State University; David Stout, Villanova University, and Tracey Sutherland, AAA Executive Director, (ex-officio).

Council Ballot Committee
In 2011, Council established the policy that the Council Ballot Committee (CBC) would function as a "committee of the whole." Each year the CBC will choose at least two names to appear on the ballot for one position on the Board of Directors ballot. The standing Council Ballot Committee, established with the Bylaws revision, comprises all Council members with the exception of the Board of Directors. Cathy Scott, University of North Texas, Dallas, chaired the 2018–2019 CBC.

Nominations by Petition
"Additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by not less than one hundred (100) members of the Association submitted to the Executive Director at least forty-five (45) days prior to the beginning of the election. Persons so nominated must previously have agreed to serve if elected. The membership of the Association shall be notified prior to the election of the nominations made by petition." (Section X). The AAA has received 100 signatures in order for a third candidate to be added to the ballot for the positions of Vice President-Finance-Elect and Director-Focusing on Intellectual Property, and the petition process has now concluded.

You can see the online version of this document by clicking here http://aaahq.org/About/Governance/2019-2020-Slate-of-Officers-BOD

Questions? Please contact Barbara Gutierrez, Governance Manager, at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org or (941) 556-4117.