july 2011 - Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

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by hand;
or by post to P. O. Box 412323, Craighall, 2024;
or by e-mail to alec.jamieson@telkomsa.net ;
or by fax to 011 886 7288. Note: this is a manual fax, please phone first.
Late nominations will be accepted at the AGM at the discretion of the Electoral Officer
and the names of late nominees will not appear on the voting form.
There is no prescribed nomination form. For guidance, a typical nomination would take
the form shown below.
I, ............................................. nominate ......................................... for election to the
Name printed Name printed
2011/2012 ASSA Johannesburg Centre Committee.
Seconded .................................... ................................................. ..............................
Name printed Signature Date
Accepted .................................... ................................................. ..............................
Name printed Signature Date
For a nomination to be valid, all names appearing on a nomination must be names of
members in good standing with the Centre.
In the case of e-mail nominations, the Secretary will confirm the nominations
telephonically, using telephone numbers recorded in the membership database.
To encourage wider participation in the committee, more than the minimum 7 members
may be elected. A committee must consist of at least a chairman, vice-chairman,
secretary, treasurer and 3 other members. The newly elected committee chooses the
chairman by consensus, and thereafter the chairman leads the discussion in the
allocation of other responsibilities. For this reason it is not possible to nominate candidates
for election to a particular position on the committee.
New ideas are vital to any organisation, so recently joined members should not feel
excluded from participating in the ASSA Jhb Centre Committee.
Alec Jamieson, Secretary.
New Members
The Committee would like to welcome the following new members to the ASSA
Johannesburg Centre:
Member No Name
1201 Norman Leibowitz
1202 Kerry McArthur
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