{"id":2395,"date":"2019-12-05T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T06:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpgu.org\/en\/?page_id=2395"},"modified":"2019-12-12T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T03:12:23","slug":"election-of-candidates-for-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jpgu.org\/en\/election-of-candidates-for-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Announcement of the Election of Candidates for Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nThe Election of Candidates for Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Directors will be held following the procedures and schedule as outlined below.\r\nAll new JpGU representatives with terms of office from April 2020 to March 2022 have both the right to vote by mail and to run for election. After this election, Nominating Committee for Executive Officers will deliberate on the best-qualified candidates for JpGU Directors, taking the results of vote and candidates\u2019 specialties and affiliations into consideration. A list of the best-qualified candidates for new directors will be referred to the general meeting of JpGU representatives in May 2020, at which new directors will receive final approval. The next JpGU President will then be elected from among the new directors. We sincerely hope that all new JpGU representatives will take an active role in this election.
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\r\nDecember 12th, 2019
\r\nJapan Geoscience Union
\r\nElection Administration Committee
\r\nChair Koji Kodera
\r\nYuji Ichiyama, Takehi Isse, Hiroyuki Nakata, Takehiko Suzuki, Takanobu Tsuihiji
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\r\nSummary of the Rules and Procedures Governing the Election of Candidates for Directors<\/b>
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\r\n1. Voters
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Anyone who was elected in the most recent JpGU Representative Election is eligible to vote.<\/div>\r\n
\r\n2. Candidates
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Anyone who was elected in the most recent JpGU Representative Election is eligible to stand as a candidate in the Election of Candidates for Directors.<\/div>\r\n
\r\n3. Term
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The term of office of the new directors will be 2 years, beginning at the end of the general meeting of JpGU representatives, 2020.<\/div>\r\n
\r\n4. Standing as a Candidate
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All JpGU representatives active at the beginning of the directors\u2019 term of office can become a candidate in this election by submitting a completed \u201cCandidacy Notification Form\u201d during the period of candidacy registration.
Any JpGU representatives may also become a candidate for director by recommendation from two or more representatives.
In the latter case, the recommenders should submit completed \u201cCandidacy Recommendation Form\u201d and the recommended representative should submit a completed \u201cCandidacy Consent Form\u201d to the Election Administration Committee during the period of candidacy registration.<\/div>\r\n
\r\n5. How to submit forms
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