Slate announced for election of 2005 TAPPI officers and Board of Directors.
TAPPI members will have the opportunity to elect new officers and five new members of the Board of Directors this fall. TAPPI's Nominating/Honors Committee recently submitted a slate of candidates for president, vice president, and five director positions. By letter ballot or by electronic voting later this year, the Association's members will elect two officers and five candidates to fill openings on the Association's 15-member Board of Directors beginning in March 2005. The Committee selected these candidates from the Association's member groups and from individual TAPPI members.The TAPPI Bylaws specify that other nominations may be submitted to the Executive Director's office before November 1, 2004, 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/Honors Committee. The Nominating/Honors Committee members for 2004 are:
Michael D. Wallace, Chair
Hou-min Chang
Leroy J. Barry
Robert J. Eamer
Robert B. Kinstrey
J. Philip E. Jones
Delmar R. Raymond
Mark J. Rawlings
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 2005 and in the in the March 2005 issue of Solutions! for People, Processes, and Paper.
OFFICER CANDIDATES
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President
Willis J. Potts, Jr.
Rome, Georgia, USA
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Vice President
Mark R. McCollister
N.E. Regional Manager, C. A. Lawton Company, Cleverdale, NY, USA
DIRECTOR CANDIDATES
Operations
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Charles E. Hodges
Vice President
Georgia-Pacific Corporation Crossett, Arkansas USA
Academic/Government
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Gerard J. F. Ring
Professor and Interim
Chair
University of Wisconsin Dept. of Paper Science Stevens Point Wisconsin, USA
Technical/Research and Development
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Asko Hyttinen
Senior Vice
President Strategy
Investments, and M & A, Stora Enso North America, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
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W. Densmore Hunter
Vice President of Technology
Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way Washington, USA
Supplier
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Katherine Buckman Davis
Chairman of the Board
Bulab Holdings Inc., Buckman Laboratories International Inc. Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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| Title Annotation: | TAPPI Association News |
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| Publication: | Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper |
| Date: | Sep 1, 2004 |
| Words: | 388 |
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