Prepared and submitted by C. Cheung, Chair of the 2017 Elections Committee

Process:

Multiple calls for nominees in the form of email messages and web postings were communicated (in both official languages) to the NRC RO-RCO membership starting November 9, 2017, approximately 4 weeks prior to the December 8, 2017 RO/RCO AGM. In addition, the call for candidates including instructions and link to the nomination form was posted on the PIPSC website on the RO/RCO Group site as an alternative means to e-mail.

Report:

A total of three (3) completed nomination forms were received by Brigitte Jolin of PIPSC by the submission deadline, December 7, 2017 @ 3pm. Each form was independently validated in accordance with our current bylaws. Therefore, these three candidates stood for election.

Results:

As six vacancies on the RO/RCO Executive Committee were available and three eligible candidates, it was not necessary to hold a ballot-based election and the three candidates were acclaimed to the Executive Committee.  These 3 candidates acclaimed to serve a 2-year term (listed in no particular order) are as follows:

Devenand Pinto (HHT, Halifax)

Mary Zborowski (retired member, Ottawa)

Carsen Banister (CONST, Ottawa)

 

Following the AGM, the RO/RCO Executive Committee filled the 3 remaining vacancies on the Committee, as permitted by our bylaws, by appointment until the next Election at AGM 2018.  These 3 vacancies will be filled by:

Suwas Nikumb (AST, London)

Craig Bihun (HHT, Ottawa)

Feng Ni (HHT, Montreal)

 

Executive Committee officer positions were also decided at the RO/RCO Executive Committee meeting following the AGM.  The composition of the RO/RCO Group Executive for 2018 will be as follows:

Role

Executive member

Research Centre

Region

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Chief Steward

Cathy Cheung

Devenand Pinto

Keith Yeung

Mary Zborowski

Stephan Grosse

AERO

HHT

HAA

Retired member

ACRD

Ottawa

Halifax

Victoria

Ottawa

Montreal Royalmount

Members at Large

Daniel Durand

Patricia Loder

Carsen Banister

Suwas Nikumb

Craig Bihun

Feng Ni

HAA

IRAP

CONST

AST

HHT

HHT

Victoria

Goose Bay

Ottawa

London

Ottawa

Montreal Royalmount

 

The Executive Committee would like to express our sincere gratitude and best wishes to the four members of the Executive who completed their terms and did not seek re-election to the Executive: Susan O’Donnell, Daryl Wong, Jeff Zidichouski, Serguei Koutcheiko.

Drafted December 15, 2017 by Cathy Cheung