Committee Nominations
The Committee on Committees makes recommendations for committee appointments to Council from nominee lists provided by the membership. Following is a description of the process that occurs for selection of new committee members.
During November and December, nominations are solicited from the Council members, members of the Committee on Committees, committee chairs, section chairs, and members of the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology, as well as from the general membership.
By February, the Committee on Committees receives a list of all nominees and their nominations forms.
By March, each member of the Committee on Committees chooses his/her slate of candidates and an alternate for each committee. Selection is based on qualifications for the particular committee appointment. Section affiliation, gender, and minority or junior investigator status are also given serious consideration.
At the spring APS meeting, the Committee on Committees meets to select the final slate of candidates for committee vacancies.
At the spring Council meeting, the Committee on Committees chair presents the Committee's recommendations concerning appointments for committees to Council. Council approves all appointments to committees for service starting in January of the following year.
All candidates are notified in late May/early June about the status of their nomination.
Nomination Procedures for Committee Appointments
Any APS member wishing to be a candidate for a committee position should submit a Candidate Information Form, and have ONLY ONE Endorsement Form submitted on his or her behalf. This allows for the standardization of the type of information required from a candidate, and the number of supporting nominations submitted. Please submit a separate Candidate Form and Endorsement form for each committee to which you are applying. These forms are not for Section Committee positions.
Please note that the membership of the Committee on Committees (CoC), Joint Program Committee (JPC), Physiologists in Industry (formerly the Liaison with Industry Committee), Section Advisory and Trainee Advisory Committees are comprised of representatives appointed by the individual APS sections, therefore we do not accept nominations for these committees. Should you know of someone who is interested in serving on one of these committees, please have them contact their section chair to learn about the nomination process.
Forms should be submitted only via email to nominations@the-aps.org. The deadline for submitting the forms is January 17, 2014 for 2015 committee appointments. Questions concerning the nomination process can be directed to Linda Dresser, Executive Assistant, at ldresser@the-aps.org.