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[This announcement, though not directly related to types, is sent hoping that
it may be of interest to some Types readers.]
As every two years, the Commission for the History and Philosophy of Computing,
HaPoC
(https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hapoc.org__;!!IBzWLUs!Q_wSHMuLomAtULB2HWh-TT6Z9cuTVY4LSw09XwhsZdSMndUTvQZwqD0xH99M3GjIZjGuHTLcQIDsA30mMwlvoPRUlcbOe30_$
), announces its call for nominations for the new Council, to be elected
during the next HaPoC Conference in Warsaw on October 18-20.
HaPoC’s Council consists of 10 councilors, among which are voted a new
president-elect and a treasurer.
Nominations should be addressed to the Commission’s president at [email protected]
before August 18.
Following HaPoC’s bylaws, the election procedure shall be as follows:
(a) Any member of the commission can be nominated as a councilor. Nominations
can be submitted by any member of the commission and shall be submitted to the
president in writing. Nominations have to be received at least two months
before the meeting of the commission. The president shall contact the nominee
and find out whether he or she accepts the nomination. Acceptance is necessary
for the nomination to become valid.
(b) If there are ten or fewer valid nominations, the president informs the
council and the nominees are declared elected unopposed. If there are more than
ten nominations, the president shall notify the council of this and an election
will take place during the meeting of the commission. The election will take
place by approval voting: each present member can approve as many of the
nominees as they want. The ten nominees with the highest number of approval
votes are elected. In the case of ties, a lot is cast.
(c) After the ten councilors are elected, they shall all declare whether they
would accept an election for president-elect, treasurer, or president if the
situation so requires. The members of the council then elect the
president-elect, treasurer, and president if the situation so requires by
approval vote. In the case of a tie, a lot is cast.
Any further questions concerning the election of HaPoC’s Council should be
addressed at [email protected]
