Announcement soliciting Nomination of AAPPS-DPP Chair-Elect
2020.09.07
Dear AAPPS-DPP Members,AAPPS-DPP Chair-Elect, Professor Baonian Wan will become AAPPS-DPP Chair at thegeneral assembly at the occasion of AAPPS-DPP 2020 on Oct. 31. We have to select new
DPP Chair-Elect who will work closely with DPP Chair and CEO for the coming 2 years andwill then take over as the new DPP Chair. On April 8, 2020, AAPPS-DPP Board of Directors
set “AAPPS-DPP Bylaw of Chair-elect and Elector selection” (see for detail in theattachment).
The nominee should be a DPP Member in good standing, who has a passion forimproving the status of AAPPS- DPP among the Plasma Physics Divisions of other physicalsocieties in the world. Role of AAPPS-DPP chair are set in the “Articles of Incorporation”(see http://aappsdpp.org/DPPhoujin/teikan.html ), especially Article 23. Namely, he/she
has to 1) Organize AAPPS-DPP annual meeting (as IOC chair), 2) Chair the General
Assembly, 3) Chair the Board of Directors meetings. While representative director ofAAPPS-DPP is only CEO based on the resolution of General Assembly (March 19, 2020)
based on the proposed change of Articles of Incorporation to BoD by B. Wan, L. Chen andA. Sen (FY2020 5th BoD http://aappsdpp.org/DPPhoujin/record.html ) to reduce Chair’s
workload and responsibility especially on financial matter, chair will undertake crucialrole scientifically.
Any DPP member can nominate chair-elect. Nomination shall include, 1) Nomination
letter not more than three pages, 2) One-page seconding letters from DPP members from 3
countries/regions, 3) Bio of candidate, 4) Past activities on AAPPS-DPP, 5) Vision statementof candidate. Nomination package shall be sent to AAPPS-DPP CEO electronically as one pdf
file. Nomination of new Chair-Elect from regions other than previous chair and chair-electare especially encouraged.
About 150 Electors will be appointed soon considering the field and regional balance
including small number of colleagues volunteered for call for Elector (DPP news April 10).

Deadline of Nomination: September 21
AAPPS-DPP Chair &CEO M. Kikuchi
DPP Chair-Elect B. Wan

AAPPS-DPP Bylaw of Chair-elect and Elector selection
2020.04.08 AAPPS-DPP Board of Directors
1. Chair-elect: Chair-elect will be one of Board of Directors who will become chairman next to current chairman.
Term is two years after appointment and is expected to be a chairman afterword.

2.Selection of Chair-elect: Chair-elect nominee will be selected among candidates by voting by Chair-electcandidate Electors and will be appointed as one of members of the Board of Directors by the General Assembly.
Hereafter, Chair-elect candidate Elector is called Elector.
3. Eligibility of Chair-elect: DPP members who has strong scientific capabilities in the field of plasma physics
and has vision to take scientific leadership on DPP activities.
4. Nomination of Chair-elect: Any DPP member can nominate chair-elect. Nomination shall include, 1) Nomination
letter not more than three pages, 2) One-page seconding letters from DPP members from 3 countries/regions, 3) Bioof candidate, 4) Past activities on AAPPS-DPP, 5) Vision statement of candidate. Nomination package shall be sent
to AAPPS-DPP CEO electronically as one pdf file. Deadline will be announced as appropriate.
5. Eligibility of Elector: DPP members who actually joined DPP activities in the past such as 1) DPP founder, 2)
past exco members, 3) I-HAC members, 4) RMPP editorial board members, 5) authors of RMPP, 6) participants ofpast DPP annual conferences.
6. Nomination of Elector: DPP member who is eligible to be an Elector and wish to be an Elector shall submit his/herwish at DPP Web page.

7. Appointment of Electors: Board of Directors, in accordance with the advice of the I-HAC Chair, takes into
account regional, field, and gender balances, selects the next Electors among members who have nominatedthemselves and other members qualified for Elector.
8. Number and term of Chair-elect Candidate Elector: The number of Chair-elect Candidate Elector shall be atleast 100 and no more than 180. The term of the Chair-elect Candidate Elector shall be until a new next Chairelect Candidate Elector is elected by the selection of the next Chair-elect Candidate Elector, which will be
conducted two years after the selection.