Dear DCMP Members:

We are asking for your assistance in identifying suitable candidates to run for various positions within DCMP in the election to be held this fall. Elected candidates would begin their terms in March 2012. The election will be held in mid-October.

The positions that are open this year are:

• Vice Chair of DCMP (becoming, in successive years, Chair Elect, Chair, and past Chair -- each with distinct duties). These Officers play an important role in representing condensed matter physics within the APS and providing leadership in organizing the scientific content of the APS March Meeting.
• Divisional Councillor (three-year term).  This officer representsthe division at meetings of the APS Council and Executive Board, and reports pertinent actions taken at Council meetings back to DCMP.
• Three Members-at-Large, each serving a three-year term. The Members-at-Large constitute the Fellowship Committee, help select the Invited Symposia and Talks for the March Meeting, and provide advice on issues important to the Division.

Identifying excellent candidates is key to maintaining the vitality of DCMP and its service to the condensed matter community.

Please help us identify such candidates. You may suggest names by completing the web form found here:

http://www.aps.org/units/dcmp/governance/nominations.cfm

When doing so, please include a few supportive and explanatory remarks for each potential candidate you recommend.  Such comments will be kept confidential and will only be shared with the members of the Nominations Committee.  We need to hear from you by 1 September 2011 to fully consider your suggestions for candidates.

The 2011 Nominations Committee:
Andrea Liu (Chair)
Michael Fuhrer
Warren Pickett
Art Epstein