Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee is comprised of the Immediate Past President of the Society, who chairs the Committee, and three other General Members of the Society. The President appoints all Committee Members with concurrence of Council. The President and President-elect are ex-officio Members of the Committee. It is recommended that Senior or Past Presidents be considered for this Committee. Members of the Committee serve during the term of the President who appoints them. No more than one representative from any institution shall be appointed to this Committee.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide Society Members with a list of open positions as they occur, an invitation to submit nominations, and a deadline for response.
• Compile a list of candidates slating at least two nominees for each position. All nominees by petition shall be entered on the list. The Committee may elect to use a petition nominee as one of the two required candidates.
• Provide a slate of candidates for individual Councilor positions.
• Ascertain the willingness of each candidate to serve in the position under consideration. supply the Society Headquarters with the list of candidates for each position, candidate's statement, brief biography and a statement of how the candidate proposes to further the goals of the Society.

Candidates shall represent as broadly as possible all aspects of analytical cytology. Nominations by petition from the Membership require the signatures of a number of General Members of the Society equal to 5% of the number of votes cast in the preceding election or 30, whichever is smaller.

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