Dear Member of the TABLEAUX Community: We have selected 3 individuals to replace the outgoing members of the Tableaux Steering Committee. The outgoing members are Didier Galmiche, Reiner Haehnle, and Peter Schmitt. (http://i12www.ira.uka.de/TABLEAUX/) The following people were nominated to serve for terms that will last through the business meeting of TABLEAUX 2007. Krysia Broda Roy Dyckhoff Didier Galmiche Reiner Haehnle Elected were Roy Dyckhoff, Didier Galmiche, and Reiner Haehnle. All 4 candidates received a substantial number of votes; it was close. A total of 33 people sent in votes. On behalf of the Tableaux Steering Committee, I thank all the candidates for being willing to serve. There was also a vote on some changes in the rules. Here are the current rules along with proposed new rules: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Rules (below) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tableaux Steering Committee Rules 1. The Tableaux Steering Committee (TSC) consists of six elected members and the Conference and Program Chair(s) of the current and the previous Conference. The elected members serve for three year terms. The TSC may decide to introduce for its elected members overlapping terms not all ending at the same time. 2. The responsibilities and obligations of the TSC consist of * Select venues for future Tableaux Conferences * Select program and conference chairs for future Tableaux Conferences. Program and conference chair may be the same person * Make decisions concerning the future of the Tableaux Conference series * Call a business meeting at each Tableaux Conference. At the meeting the President shall report on the activities of the TSC during the previous year and put controversial issues to a vote * Initiate elections 3. The TSC appoints among its members a President and Vice President to conduct its duties and represent the TSC. 4. The members of the TSC will be elected by the Tableaux community. Votes may be cast in person, by mail, fax or electronic mail. The Tableaux community consists of all people that have been registered participants in at least one Tableaux Conference during the last 3 years and all members of the current Program Committee. 5. Transitional path. The first TSC will be elected at the business meeting during the Tableaux Conference at St Andrews, 2000, by the members of the Tableaux community then present. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed New Rules (below) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4'. The members of the TSC will be elected by the Tableaux community. Votes may be cast in person, by mail, fax or electronic mail. The Tableaux community consists of all people that have been registered participants in at least one of the 3 most recent Tableaux Conferences and all members of the current Program Committee. 4.1 Nominations can be made by any member of the community, either by e-mail or in person at a TABLEAUX business meeting. Two members, a principal nominator and a second, are required to make a nomination, and it is their responsibility to ask people's permission before nominating them. A member may nominate or second only one candidate. 4.1' Nominations can be made by any member of the community, either by e-mail or in person at a TABLEAUX business meeting. It is the nominator's responsibility to ask the nominee's permission before submitting the nomination. A member may nominate only one candidate. Voters were asked to specify one preferred choice from: 1) No change 2) Replace Rule 4 by Rules 4' and 4.1 3) Replace Rule 4 by Rules 4' and 4.1' Option 2) has been selected with 14 votes. Option 3) had 10 votes. Option 1) had 5 votes. Neil V. Murray President, Tableaux Steering Committee