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Home   |   About APS   |   Society Governance   |   Committees   |   Committee on Committees

Committee on Committees

The membership of the Committee on Committees shall consist of nine Councilors elected by Council to staggered three-year terms, and the Chair of the Nominating Committee. The President-Elect shall appoint the Vice Chairperson from among these nine members, who shall serve as Chair in the subsequent year of service. Nominees for membership on the Committee on Committees shall include all Councilors in their second year of service. Members shall serve for three years, which may include one year beyond their terms as Councilors. This committee shall look to the functioning of Society committees and to policies pertaining thereto and shall make recommendations thereon to the Council. It shall have the responsibility for nominating elected members of the Publications Oversight Committee and the Audit Committee. It shall also advise the President-Elect concerning suitable candidates for service on all Bylaw committees appointed by the President-Elect and shall assist the President-Elect in determining the willingness of candidates to serve. Effort shall be made to achieve significant representation of Council members on every constitutional and standing committee of the Society. This Committee shall meet at least once annually. The Committee on Committees shall submit to the Executive Officer the names of candidates for each elected position no less than five weeks before the Elections Meeting of the Council. In general, the number of nominees for each elected position shall exceed the number of available positions.

Chair: Mark E Reeves (01/13 - 12/13)
George Washington Univ

Member, Chair of Nominating Committee: Sally Dawson (01/13 - 12/13)
Brookhaven Natl Lab

Member: Bruce R Barrett (01/11 - 12/13)
Univ of Arizona

Member: Vincent S Chan (01/13 - 12/15)
General Atomics - San Diego

Member: Marjorie D Corcoran (01/12 - 12/14)
Rice Univ

Member: Nergis Mavalvala (01/11 - 12/13)
Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

Member: David H McIntyre (01/13 - 12/15)
Oregon State Univ

Member: Marta Dark McNeese (01/12 - 12/14)
Spelman Coll

Member: Prof Pierre Meystre (01/13 - 12/15)
Univ of Arizona

Member: Michael Riordan (01/12 - 12/14)
Univ of California-Santa Cruz

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Kate Kirby, APS
kirby@aps.org

Commitee Administrator
Ken Cole, APS
cole@aps.org
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