Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology 1990

              Name
Address
Dear
October 10, 1990
Howard Nankin has informed me that the election of two members of the
Nominations Committee called for in the By-Laws should be on the ballot with the
Vice President and Council positions. I have discussed with him and with the
members of the Nominations Committee the procedure we should utilize. It has been
suggested and I strongly agree that the Nominations Committee will be best served
by having membership in part which has had experience being on the Council. Thus,
we propose to nominate the four members of Council whose terms expire at the end
of the year of the election. This procedure does not require full Council approval or
addition to the By-Laws to be implemented, although in the future the Council may
want to formalize the procedure more so.
I would like to ask you to consent to have your name placed in nomination for
election to the Nominations Committee for 1991-92. Please indicate your acceptance
for this nomination on the enclosed list of nominations and return it to me. I will
require a brief biographical sketch to be included with the ballot. Please send this
to me prior to November 1, 1990 if possible.
Before final preparation of the ballot, I would also like your review and
comments of the Nominations for Council and Vice President. We were very
fortunate to have acceptances for nomination from 10 of the first 12 members who
were contacted. The preferential list of nominees was prepared from a list of
suggestions received by the membership and by the members of the Nominations
Committee.
The choice of candidates who would run for the same positions was made from
a tally of suggestions made by members of the Committee. Since the outcome of the
election is dependent both upon the qualifications of the nominee and also upon the
choice between qualified candidates, the Committee believes that the pairing of
candidates should represent a consensus, not the judgement of the Chairman. I fully
agree since this was my suggestion. I am very pleased with the continuing quality
of the members of the Society who are willing to contribute to the work of its
maintenance and growth.