Trustees election: Review of instructions,

openingsCACHE Board Meeting,CACHE Board Meeting,

November 12-13, 2009November 12-13, 2009

[Slides courtesy of PRW][Slides courtesy of PRW]

Reminder: StatusReminder: Status

Note that trustee elections result in an invitation to serve as a Trustee of the Corporation (Bylaws 2.2.8). Elected candidates may accept or decline this invitation.

Elected candidates who accept the invitation become Trustees on 1 January following the election.

Executive Committee preparesExecutive Committee prepares

The Executive Committee determines the number of vacant and expiring Trustee positions deemed to be open (Bylaws 2.2.1).

No more than 21 of the Trustees shall be current or emeritus educators of academic rank (“Academic Trustees”), and no more than seven Trustees shall be current or retired employees in industry or government or consulting (“Industrial Trustees”).

The Executive Committee determines the term (not to exceed 3 years) for each open position (Bylaws 2.2.2).

Academic (21 max) Term Industrial (7 max) TermCarol K. Hall 12/31/09 Jeffrey J. Siirola 12/31/09Babatunde A. Ogunnaike 12/31/09 Tyler B. Thompson 12/31/09H. Scott Fogler 12/31/09 Richard LaRoche 12/31/10Michael B. Cutlip 12/31/09 Joseph T. Golab 12/31/10Linda R. Petzhold 12/31/09 Brigette Rosendall 12/31/10Francis J. Doyle III 12/31/10 Gavin Towler 12/31/11Michael Henson 12/31/10 Chau-Chyun Chen 12/31/11David A. Kofke 12/31/10Gintaras V. Reklaitis 12/31/10Peter R. Rony 12/31/10Venkat Venkatsubramanian 12/31/10Phillip R. Westmoreland 12/31/10Robert Hesketh 12/31/10David T. Allen 12/31/11Marianthi Ierapetritou 12/31/11Charles A. Petty 12/31/11Clare McCabe 12/31/11Peter T. Cummings 12/31/11Thomas F. Edgar 12/31/11Warren D. Seider 12/31/11Jason Keith 12/31/11

Thursday’s activityThursday’s activity

Discussion of possible nominees, as distinct Discussion of possible nominees, as distinct from nomination.from nomination. Written biosketches must have been submitted before Written biosketches must have been submitted before

the election meeting.the election meeting. Trustees discuss all candidates and their Trustees discuss all candidates and their

qualifications. qualifications. Optionally, the Trustees may conduct straw polls or Optionally, the Trustees may conduct straw polls or

use other means to judge candidate support. use other means to judge candidate support. [Note: [Note: The objective of the straw polls is to reduce the The objective of the straw polls is to reduce the number of nominees to an appropriate number and to number of nominees to an appropriate number and to gauge the strength of support for various candidates.]gauge the strength of support for various candidates.]

Optionally, the Trustees may discuss whether limiting the number of nominations to less than the number of candidates discussed is an appropriate strategy, given that every successful candidate must receive votes from the majority of all Trustees in office.

Friday’s activities - NominationFriday’s activities - Nomination

Candidates are nominated by any Trustee (Bylaws 2.2.3).

Nominations do not need to be seconded (Robert's Rules, Section 66).

Motions to close nominations must be seconded, cannot be debated, and require a two-thirds vote (Robert's Rules, Section 26).

ElectionElection

The detailed balloting and counting procedures are determined by the Executive Committee and approved by the Trustees (Bylaws 2.2.5). Trustees in office but not present must be given the opportunity to participate in the election.

Recent usual procedure is to obtain votes by secret ballot from the Trustees present and by mail or email ballot within a specified period of time from Trustees absent. Votes are certified by a tellers committee appointed by the Executive Committee, typically consisting of the Vice President and the Secretary.

To be elected, a nominee must meet two tests: 1. Receive votes from a majority of all Trustees then in office,

including those absent from the meeting; and2. Receive more votes than other nominees not elected to an open

position (Bylaws 2.2.7). Each Trustee in office (whether present at the meeting or not) may

cast a number of votes not exceeding the number of open positions and no more than one vote for any nominee (Bylaws 2.2.6).

[Note: To be elected, a nominee must receive at least as many votes as a majority of the number of Trustees in office, whether or not all Trustees voted (Test 1). Among those nominees passing Test 1 [presently 14 votes] , those receiving the greatest number of votes will be considered elected in turn until all open positions are filled. The Bylaws provide for breaking last-place ties if necessary, as no more will be elected as there were declared open positions.]

Successful candidates are invited to be Trustees of

the Corporation.

Ballot choices Ballot choices (vote for up to 5 Academic)(vote for up to 5 Academic)

IncumbentsIncumbents Scott Fogler, MichiganScott Fogler, Michigan Mike Cutlip, ConnecticutMike Cutlip, Connecticut

Eligible non-incumbentsEligible non-incumbents Mahmoud El Halwagi, Texas A&M [Reklaitis]Mahmoud El Halwagi, Texas A&M [Reklaitis] Suzanne Kresta, University of Alberta [Petty]Suzanne Kresta, University of Alberta [Petty] Ed Maginn, Notre Dame [Kofke]Ed Maginn, Notre Dame [Kofke] Wayne Bequette, RPI [Edgar]Wayne Bequette, RPI [Edgar] Don Visco, Tennessee Tech [Keith]Don Visco, Tennessee Tech [Keith] Clair Komives, San Jose State University [Doyle]Clair Komives, San Jose State University [Doyle]

Ballot choices Ballot choices (vote for up to 2 Industrial)(vote for up to 2 Industrial)

IncumbentIncumbent Jeff Siirola, EastmanJeff Siirola, Eastman

Eligible non-incumbentsEligible non-incumbents Willis Bell, Lilly [Petty]Willis Bell, Lilly [Petty] David Dickey, MixTech [Rosendall]David Dickey, MixTech [Rosendall] Tom Badgwell, ExxonMobil [Edgar]Tom Badgwell, ExxonMobil [Edgar]