Dear WAIB members,

 

Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague to the Women in the AIB [WAIB] Executive Board. Nominees must be current members of WAIB and able to serve from 2023-2025.

 

POSITIONS OPEN:

 

• Vice-President
• Secretary-Treasurer
• Communications Officer
• Events & Membership Officer
• Academic Research Officer
• Chapter Liaison Officer
• Student Member-at-Large, held by a currently-enrolled PhD student. 

 

It is expected that candidates for the Vice President position acknowledge that this will be their primary service commitment, should they be elected. 

 

As stipulated in WAIB’s Constitution and By-Laws, the current Vice President, Saba Colakoglu, will automatically assume the role of President.

 

A full description of each position is included in the WAIB Constitution and By-Laws (attached).

 

 

NOMINATIONS:

 

Nominations and self-nominations should be emailed to the WAIB Immediate-Past

President, Amanda Budde-Sung, at: [log in to unmask]. Please use the subject heading: WAIB 2023 NOMINATION.

 

Nominations are due no later than 17:00, Michigan time, on Friday, April 28, 2023. 

 

You will receive a confirmation of your nomination. If you do not receive that confirmation by Friday, April 28, please email Amanda Budde-Sung ([log in to unmask]) ASAP to verify that the nomination was received and processed.

 

 

NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Email nominations should include the nominee’s first and last name, email address, the Board position the nominee is running for, a 1-2 paragraph biography, and why the nominee would be a good fit for the position.  It is beneficial to also discuss the nominee’s prior involvement with/interest in WAIB. 
• Nominations for the Vice-President position must also include an additional paragraph describing the candidate's past service contributions to WAIB.
• If nominating someone else, that individual must be copied to the email nomination and must reply to either accept or decline the nomination. Friday, April 28, 2023 is the deadline for nominations.
• An individual may be nominated for only one open position. If a nomination is received for more than position, the candidate will be asked to choose his/her preferred position.
• Nominees must be AIB and WAIB members in good standing.
• Depending on the numbers of nominees, a nominating committee composed of three most recent WAIB Past Presidents will determine the final ballot slate.

 

ELECTIONS:

 

After nominations have been finalized, Immediate Past President, Amanda Budde-Sung, will verify that each nominee is indeed a WAIB member in good standing. Then, an electronic ballot will be emailed directly to WAIB members, with a personalized link that cannot be shared with others. Only WAIB members are eligible to vote. Elections will conclude in May.

 

Attached are the Constitution and By-Laws by which WAIB is governed. Below are the specific details about WAIB elections.

·         The Executive Board will serve for a period of two-years, beginning on August 1, 2023 and ending on July 31, 2025.

·         Elections for new Executive Board Members will be held 2-4 months in advance of the AIB Annual Meeting in the second year of the current Executive Board’s two-year term.

·         The Immediate Past President will be responsible for organizing and implementing a call for candidates and the ballot of Officers. This may be done in collaboration with the AIB Secretariat.

·         The entire election process will be carried out via any non-verbal means deemed reasonable by the Immediate Past President and the current WAIB Executive Board (email, social media, electronic survey, etc.).

·         In response to a call for candidates, any WAIB member in good standing may nominate her/himself as a candidate for any of the positions, or any individual WAIB member may nominate another WAIB member.

·         Letters of nomination or self-nomination (via email text is acceptable) will present a rationale in support of the nominee. The nominee will explicitly accept the nomination.

·         All current WAIB members in good standing with the AIB have voting rights.

·         Candidates receiving the largest number of votes, out of the total number of votes cast for a particular office, will be deemed elected and their names forwarded to the Executive Committee of AIB.

·         Results of the officer elections will be officially announced at that year’s WAIB networking event. Incoming Executive Board members can be notified in advance, to ensure attendance at these events as much as possible.

 

Cheers,

 

Amanda Budde-Sung

 

 

Dr. Amanda E.K. Budde-Sung

Associate Professor

Director of Research

Department of Management

Immediate Past President of the Women of the Academy of International Business [WAIB]

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