Election Committee Report Florida State University May 11, 2002 US CMS Collaboration Meeting Jim Hanlon and Jay Hauser US CMS Election Committee

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, Election Committee Two-member committee, established by the 1999 US CMS Constitution Election of the Election Committee members was conducted in April 2002 by the Collaboration Board Chair Jim Hanlon (Fermilab) and Jay Hauser (UCLA) were re-elected

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, Election Committee Duties Seek and propose candidates for US CMS elective offices Supervise all elections (except the election of Election Committee members) Supervise ratification of constitutional modifications Receive petitions for extraordinary CB meetings, recall of US CMS officers, and constitutional modifications

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, US CMS Elective Offices (2-year terms) US CMS Collaboration Board Chair and Deputy Chair Elected in the spring of even-numbered years Election Committee Members (2) Elected in the early spring of even-numbered years Subsystem Institution Board Chairs (5) Elected in the spring of odd-numbered years EMU, HCAL, TriDAS, ECAL, Tracking Physics and Education/Outreach Coordinators Elected in the spring of odd-numbered years At large USASCB members (6) One-half elected each spring

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, CB Chair and Deputy The present terms of the US CMS Collaboration Board Chair and Deputy CB Chair are expiring Two-year renewable terms CB Chair also chairs the US CMS Advisory Board CB Chair serves as the US representative on the CMS Management Board Current office holders (eligible for re- election) CB Chair: Harvey Newman Deputy: Vasken Hagopian

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, Subsystem IB Chairs The subsystem IB chairs and coordinators, elected in May 2001 EMU - Tom Ferguson (Carnegie Mellon) HCAL - Pawel de Barbaro (Rochester) TriDAS - Darin Acosta (Florida) ECAL - Renyuan Zhu (Caltech) Tracking - Lucien Cremaldi (Mississippi) Physics coordinator - Jim Branson (UCSD) Education/Outreach coordinator - Randy Ruchti (Notre Dame)

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, Elected USASCB Members At large USASCB members elected in 2001, whose terms will expire in 2003 Robert Clare (UC Riverside) Sridhara Dasu (Wisconsin) Irwin Gaines (Fermilab) At large USASCB members whose terms expire in 2002 Paul Avery (Florida) Shuichi Kunori (Maryland) David Stickland (Princeton) New (Jan 2002) CMS Core Computing and Software Project Manager; ex officio USASCB member

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, Election Procedures Procedures for the election of the CB Chair and Deputy were announced to the collaboration by on May 7, 2002 Nominations may be made by any member of the US CMS Collaboration either at this meeting or via during the next two weeks time will be provided for any candidate who wishes to make a statement to the collaboration Election requires a majority vote of the US CMS Collaboration Board will be conducted via during the two-week period following close of nominations

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, Election Schedule Nominations open: today, May 11 Solicit nominations from the collaboration via May 13 Nominations close: May 24 Ballot sent via to CB members: May 27 Nominees who agree to stand for election will be encouraged to issue a statement relating to their prospective term as US CMS Collaboration Board Chair or Deputy Elections close: June 7 A majority vote of the 37 US CMS institutions is required for election

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, USASCB Elections Nominations will be solicited via during the period May Elections will follow a similar schedule to the CB Chair and Deputy elections Nomination and election procedures will be separate from those for CB Chair and Deputy Election requires a majority of the votes cast

US CMS Collaboration Meeting: May 10-11, Call for Nominations The CB Chair and Deputy are important positions in working with the collaboration, the funding agencies, the project management, and the host laboratory We urge all collaboration members to give serious consideration in selecting the best qualified candidates for these two-year positions Nominations from the floor we would like the nominator to give a brief statement (even a few words) of support for the nominee the nominee can make a brief statement on his/her own behalf if so motivated