Elections: Board Nomination Period Begins

[CAL/AAEM News Service]

Elections: Board Nomination Period Begins

Source: American Academy of Emergency Medicine ( http://www.aaem.org )
Date: October 23, 2007

Nomination Deadline: November 9, 2007

President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer and three At-Large positions on the AAEM
Board of Directors are open as well as the Associate Member Director Position. All
current, full voting and associate members of AAEM are eligible to run. Self-nominations
are allowed and encouraged.  You must be an associate member to be eligible to run for
the Associate Member Position.

Elections for these positions will be held at AAEM's 14th Annual Scientific Assembly,
February 7-9, 2008, at Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, FL. Although balloting
arrangements will be made for those unable to attend the Assembly, all members will be
encouraged to hold their votes until the time of the meeting.

The Scientific Assembly will feature a Candidate's Forum, in which members will be able
to directly question the candidates before casting their ballots. Winners will be
announced during the conference, and those elected will begin their terms at the
conclusion of the Assembly.

In order to nominate yourself or another full voting member for a Board position, please
complete the nomination form found at
http://www.aaem.org/elections/2008nominationform.pdf and send the information listed
below to the AAEM office before November 9, 2007. Any associate member can be nominated
and elected to the Associate Member Director Position. The nomination form and required
information is the same as that for a Board position.

1. Name of nominee. Each nominee may have only three individuals as nominators/endorsers.
2. Name of nominee's medical school and year graduated.
3. Board certification status of nominee, including Board and year completed.
4. Number of ED clinical hours worked each week by the nominee.
5. A candidate statement (written by the nominee, 500 word max.) listing recent AAEM
contributions, accomplishments, activities or any other information detailing why the
nominee should be elected to the Board.
6. Any emergency medicine related business activity in which the nominee has a financial
interest.
7. A copy of the nominee's CV.

The candidate statements from all those running for the Board will be featured in an
upcoming issue of Common Sense and will be sent to each full voting member with their
membership renewal packets.

These nomination and election procedures are what set AAEM apart from other professional
medical associations. We believe the democratic principles that guide them are one of
AAEM's greatest strengths and are an integral part of what makes us the organization of
specialists in Emergency Medicine. In AAEM, any individual, a full voting or an associate
member, can be nominated and elected to the Board of Directors. 


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Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3823

Abid Mogannam &
Brian Potts MD, MBA
Managing Editors, CAL/AAEM News Service
University of California, Irvine

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