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Japan Geoscience Union Mail News No.48 September 1, 2009
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1. Public Announcement
of Representatives’ Election of Corporate Japan Geoscience union
2. Web-Based System Migration of Japan Geoscience union
(Notice of service pause)
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1.
Public Announcement
of Representatives’ Election of Corporate Japan Geoscience union
Now we’re accepting
candidates or recommendation for Representatives’ Election of Japan
Geoscience Union Corporation.
Major roles of
representatives of Japan Geoscience Union Corporation are attendance
to the ordinary staff meetings held once a year, to discuss matters
relating to the management of this union and contribute to the
smooth management of it.
We resend ‘Official Announcement of Representatives’ Election’ and
‘Q&A.’
We eagerly ask you to run for the election or recommend someone
appropriate for the position.
Chair Gaku Kimura
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Representatives’
Election of Corporate Japan Geoscience Union
This election is the first Representative’s Election of Japan
Geoscience Union after becoming an independent corporate entity.
Representatives or staff elected from individual members or regular
members are eligible to become section presidents and executive
board members.
They also are responsible for adopting resolutions, such as election
of board members and confirmation of business plan in the ordinary
and temporary staff meetings together with society members.
Please be active in standing as a candidate and casting your ballots
to fulfill our objectives based on all members’ will.
Specific election system is shown on ‘Representatives’ Election
Operating Procedure’ below.
Please be sure to submit Candidacy Notification Form or
Recommendation Notification Form for Representatives by due date.
For further information, please be sure to see Representatives’
Election Regulations and Minor Regulations.
August 3, 2009
Corporate Japan Geoscience Union
Election Board
Chairman: Mie Ichihara
Members: Masanao Shinohara
Michinari Sunamura
Masahiro Takagi
Shogo Tachibana
Hiroyuki Tsubomoto
‘Representatives’ Election Operating Procedure’
１．voters
Voters have to be an individual or regular member of Corporate
Japan Geoscience Union by the deadline, October 30, 2009.
Voters can vote for 5 or less candidates in your electoral zone.
２．Candidates
Every individual or regular member as of August 16, 2009 can be a
candidate by him/herself or by recommendation.
３．Term
Representatives have 2 years in office from next April.
４．Candidacy and so on
There are two ways to become candidates.
One is applying by him/herself and the other is by recommendation by
one or more regular members.
Candidates have to submit Candidacy Notification Form or
Recommendation Notification Form for Representatives by due date.
５．Notification of Candidacy
Please download ‘Candidacy Notification Form or Recommendation
Notification Form for Representatives’ from our website.
Please be sure to send it by mail or bring directly to our office.
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Board of Election
Corporate Japan Geoscience Union
4-16 Yayoi 2-chome,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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６．Number of representatives
The fixed number of representatives is 80 or more and 200 or less.
The number is the double of that of society members as of August 2,
2009, the day before the official announcement of Representatives’
Election.
Numbers of representatives of each electoral zone are shown below.
Space and Planetary Sciences 14
Atmospheric, Ocean, and Environmental Sciences 15
Human Geosciences 11
Solid Earth 29
Biogeosciences 8
General Science 11
Total 88
７．Time Schedule of Election
Public Announcement of Representatives’ Election August 3,
Monday, 2009
Start for Accepting Candidates August 17, Monday, 2009
Close for Accepting Candidates September 17, 2009
Start for Voting for Representatives’ Election October
1, Thursday, 2009
Close for Voting for Representatives’ Election October
30, Friday, 2009
Vote Counting and Returns November 6, 2009
８．Voting Procedure
Voting is made on our website.
Every regular member can vote for 5 or less candidates on his or her
electoral zone.
