It is time to renew the DFA board. In accordance with DFA bylaws, a nominating committee has selected the following slate of candidates to fill DFA board positions as listed below with the following code (C – continuing; N – newly elected). Thank you very much to the nominating committee — Alan Jackman, Doug Nelson, and Gerhard Richter — for their work.
Chair: Robert Rucker (Nutrition) [N]
Vice Chair: Colin Cameron (Economics) [C]
Norma Landau (History) [C]
Lyn Lofland (Sociology) [C]
William Lucas (Plant Biology) [C]
Marjorie Longo (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) [N]
Richard Scalettar (Physics) [C]
Scott Shershow (English) [N]
Blake Stimson (Art History) [N]
Pieter Stroeve (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) [C]
Ex-Officio: Joe Kiskis (Physics)
All nominees have agreed to serve. Newly elected members serve a two-year term of office that will run until academic year 2012-2013. Further nominations may be made upon petition of 5% of the membership (15 members) in good standing as of April 1, 2010. Such petitions must be delivered on or before June 30, 2010 to the Executive Director at 1270 Farragut Circle, Davis, CA 95618. If no nominations are submitted, the slate shall be accepted as elected.
We very much want to thank the DFA’s long serving outgoing chair, Ian Kennedy, as well as long serving board member Kathryn Radke and board member Saul Schaefer for their past service on the DFA board.