Slate announced for election of 2006 TAPPI Board of Directors.TAPPI TAPPI Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry members will have the opportunity to elect three new members for the Board of Directors this fall. TAPPI's Nominating Committee A nominating committee is a group formed usually from inside the membership of an organization for the purpose of nominating candidates for office within the organization. It works similarly to an electoral college, the main difference being that the available candidates, either recently submitted a slate of candidates for three director positions. By letter ballot or by electronic voting Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) is a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes. later this year, the Association's members will elect three candidates to fill openings on the Association's Board of Directors beginning in March 2006. The Committee selected these candidates from the Association's member groups and from individual TAPPI members. DIRECTOR CANDIDATES John W. Fox, Vice President Manufacturing/Quality for Weyerhaeuser Company in Aurora, Illinois Aurora is the largest city in Kane County, Illinois. The city also lies within DuPage, Will and Kendall counties. As reported in the 2000 U.S. census, the city was home to 142,990 people, while the city's estimated 2006 population is 170,617. , USA Norman F. Marsolan, Director Technology Manufacturing Solutions for International Paper in Loveland, Ohio Loveland (IPA: /ˈlʌvlənd/) is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. , USA John R. Martin, Vice President Manufacturing for Packaging Corporation of America in Lake Forest, Illinois Lake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,059 at the 2000 census. The city is south of Waukegan, Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. , USA The TAPPI Bylaws The rules and regulations enacted by an association or a corporation to provide a framework for its operation and management. Bylaws may specify the qualifications, rights, and liabilities of membership, and the powers, duties, and grounds for the dissolution of an specify that other nominations may be submitted to the President's office before November 1, 2005, provided that each nomination is signed by at least 1% of the voting members and provided further that each nominee specifies in writing his or her willingness to accept the nomination. In the event that no other nominations are made in this manner, the ballot distributed to the voting membership will be limited to the above-mentioned candidates provided by the Nominating Committee. The Nominating members for 2005 are: Kathleen M. Bennett, Chair Hou-min Chang Leroy J. Barry Charles F. Bogatie Robert J. Eamer Robert B. Kinstrey Delmar R. Raymond Ron A. Yeske Wayne H. Gross, Secretary All TAPPI members are encouraged to vote. Members will receive ballots in early December and will again have the option of voting electronically. The results of the election will be reported on www.tappi.org in mid January 2006 and in the March 2006 issue of Solutions! For People, Processes, and Paper. |
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