-- Adho.NatashaSmith - 10 Jun 2005

Report on the activities of the ACH Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee was composed of:

1. Chuck Bush
2. Lorna Hughes (ex officio)
3. Nancy Kushigian
4. Steve Ramsey
5. Natasha Smith, Chair

The Committee was charged with nominating candidates for four Executive positions. Seventeen potential candidates have been approached, with the resulting slate of nine candidates. The list was quite impressive, representing a very diverse group of people involved in various fields of humanities computing.

1. Anh Q. Bui, a digital publications manager of the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
2. Hugh Cayless, PhD Classics, programmer, Web Publishing on Demand technology http://lulu.com
3. Patrick Durusau, Director of Research and Development for the Society of Biblical Literature
4. David L. Hoover, Associate Professor of English, Webmaster, and Director of Undergraduate Studies, New York University
5. John Lavagnino, Lecturer, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
6. Allen Renear, Associate Professor, Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
7. Chris Ruotolo, University of Virginia
8. Melissa Terras, Lecturer in Electronic Communication and Publishing at University College London
9. Matthew Zimmerman, Humanities Computing Group, New York University

The results from the ACH 2005 Election and the new members of the ACH Executive Council:

1. David Hoover
2. John Lavagnino
3. Allen Renear
4. Melissa Terras

The election has been managed by Chuck Bush and Stéfan Sinclair. The Committee's business was handled through a listserv ach-nominations@coch-cosh.ca.

Respectfully submitted— Natasha Smith