Chair: Dwight Swanson, dwswan@gmail.com
Board Liaison: Sarah Ziebell, ziebell@nyu.edu

About the Elections Committee
AMIA Officers and Duties

Responsibilities
The AMIA Elections Committee has primary responsibility for conducting AMIA's annual election process, which it carries out in accordance with the policies and requirements of the association's Bylaws. Each year, the Committee announces the elections schedule, solicits recommendations of candidates for Association-wide offices which are up for election, nominates slates of candidates for these offices, receives and counts the ballots mailed back by Individual Members, and notifies the candidates and the membership of the election results. The Committee also oversee any internal elections within AMIA's Committees of the Membership to help insure that they occur in a timely and appropriate manner.

Although appointed by the AMIA Board of Directors, the Elections Committee exercises complete authority in the nomination of candidates for all Association-wide offices. Anyone serving as an AMIA Director of the Board may not serve as a member of the Committee during his/her term of office.

Each year, the Elections Committee attempts to develop the strongest and most representative slate of candidates possible to insure quality leadership for the Association. In making nominations, the Committee is bound only by AMIA's Bylaws and its own sense of responsibility. It is guided by three sources of information and advice: (1) recommendations from AMIA members, which are not binding on the Committee but are given appropriate weight in the Committee's deliberations,(2) consultation with AMIA members, and (3) the Committee's own good judgement.

All AMIA members are encouraged to submit recommendations of candidates to the Elections Committee. While the Committee is responsible for determining the final nominations, recommendations from the membership are vital in helping the committee assemble the strongest possible slate of candidates.

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