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Aug 02, 2013

Public Announcement of Representatives election of Japan Geoscience Union

Public Announcement of Representatives election of Japan Geoscience Union

Terms of representatives of Japan Geoscience Union expires on March 31, 2014, and
the 3rd representative election is announced on August 2.
　
Representatives become executive board members, and can be section presidents of
Japan Geoscience Union. They pass resolutions regarding executive official elections,
confirmation of project master plans and other operation policies together with society
members at ordinary and extraordinary general staff meetings.
For further details, please see the regulations and minute regulations.
August 2, 2013

Board of Election of Japan Geoscience Union
Chairman: Michinari Sunamura
Members : Akira Sessai Yukimatu
Kenji Kawamura
Hiroyuki Tsubomoto
Masataka Shinohara
Morihisa Hamada

Representative election procesure

1．Voters
Members who have finished membership subscription by October 25, 2013 are eligible to vote.
Members can cast votes for at most 5 representatives in their electoral zone.
　
2. Candidates
Members who have finished membership subscription by August 1, 2013 can be a candidate of
the representative.
　
3. Term
The term is 2 years starting from April 1 in 2014.
　
4. How to be a candidate
To stand as a candidate, at least one recommendation by JpGU members is necessary.
To recommend someone, the consent by the candidate is necessary.
　
5. How to announce your candidacy
Please fill in the necessary form in the membership subscription page by September 12, 2013.
　
6.Number of representatives
The number of representatives is defined to double the number of society members on the day before the official public announcement,
August 2, 2013.The number of representatives is from 80 to 200.
After the election, 30 representatives are to be divided into six electoral zones, each at least
with five representatives. The rest of them are to be prorated into six electoral zones according to the number of
regular members on the day before the official pubic announcement or August 2, 2013.

Number of the representatives of each electoral zone is shown below.
Space and planetary sciences: 15
Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences: 19
Human Geosciences: 13
Solid Earth Sciences: 30
Biogeosciences: 10
Education and outreach: 11
Total: 98

7.Schedule
August 2, Friday, 2013 Official public announcement of Representative election
August 13, Tuesday, 2013 Declaration of candidacy starts
September 12, Thursday, 2013 Declaration of candidacy finishes
September 26, Thursday, 2013 Casting ballots starts
October 25, Friday, 2013 Casting ballot finishes
November 1, Friday, 2013 Ballot counting and reporting the result

8.How to vote
Each regular member can vote for up to five candidates of his/her electoral zone.
Elected representatives or staff, together with society members, are to elect board members, confirm project programs and resolve various matters,
concerning the management of this union in the regular or extraordinary general meetings of members.
General meeting of members is the supreme decision-making body of this union.

Form and regulations

1. Candidacy Notification Form PDF

2. Candidacy Recommendation Form PDF

Regulations of Board of Elections

Regulations of Representative election
Detailed regulations of Representative election

We sincerely hope our members will run for the election and vote for candidates.
We also hope you, who has not finished membership subscription of Japan Geoscience Union and positively become engaged in the management.

*Please be sure to pay annual dues if you haven’t paid them yet.
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https://secure.jtbcom.co.jp/jpgu_e/
If you don’t remember your ID or password, please do not hesitate to ask us.
office@jpgu.org

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