Elections
Annual Elections
The Alumni Association conducts two annual elections. One is to elect new members to the Alumni Association Selection Committee. The other is to elect a recent graduate member to the MIT Corporation.
Alumni Association Selection Committee (AASC) election
The Alumni Association Selection Committee (AASC) is a 12-member committee responsible for selecting the president of the Alumni Association and all other members of the Association's Board of Directors. The chair of the AASC is appointed by the Board of Directors and must be a past president of the Alumni Association. The 11 other members, one from each of the Association's 11 electoral districts, are elected at large by the alumni body through an electronic or printed ballot that is distributed annually to all alumni.
Criteria for AASC Candidates
- Should have at least five years experience as volunteers for the Alumni Association and/or MIT
- Should have demonstrated strong leadership skills and be familiar with the programs and activities of the Association
- Should have a commitment to the Association's objectives of service to alumni and to MIT
- Should be alumni who you believe will select the best leaders on your behalf
Districts with vacancies in 2010
Candidates for the 2010 ballot must reside in the following electoral districts:
- DISTRICT #2: Brockton, Essex County, and those parts of Middlesex and Norfolk Counties that are not in District #1, Massachusetts
- DISTRICT #3: Connecticut (excluding Fairfield County), Maine Massachusetts (excluding Districts #1 and #2), New Hampshire, New York (excluding those counties in District #4), Rhode Island, Vermont
- DISTRICT #5: Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey (excluding those counties in District #4), Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia
Submit Nominations for the 2010 Ballot
- Ask your nominee if he/she is willing to be a candidate on the ballot
- Email the nominees name to Sarah Hendrick, hendrick@mit.edu
- Nominations must be submitted by October 7, 2009
Thank you for helping us nominate the strongest possible candidates for election to this important Alumni Association committee.
Recent graduate Corporation election
Each year, one recent graduate is elected by his or her peers to a five-year term on the MIT Corporation, the Institute's board of trustees. The Alumni Association works closely with members of the Corporation Screening Committee to conduct this election. An electronic ballot is distributed annually to those eligible to vote—members of the current graduating class (undergraduate and graduate) and members of the two most recently graduated classes. Read more about the process.
