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255); display: inline !important; float: none;">In connection
with the upcoming AKSE Conference to be held at Prague (20-23
April 2017), there will be elections for<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family:
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">two </strong><span
style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
medium none; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: "Open
Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ordinary Members of
Council</span><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family:
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</span></span></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">AKSE members in good standing are invited to nominate
candidates for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; font-weight: bold;">two </strong><span style="box-sizing:
border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline: medium none;">Ordinary
Members of Council</span>. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Because we hope for the widest possible representation, when
nominating people, please consult the website for the current<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> Council</span> and consider
regional, disciplinary, and gender distributions in nominating new
members.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family:
"Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">Nominations of candidates should be sent to the AKSE
President by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; font-weight: bold;">15 March 2017</strong><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for election at the Prague
Conference, and contain:</p>
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(40, 40,
40); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none;">The nominee’s name, the nominators’ names (at least two
names)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none;">The written consent of the nominee</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none;">A short statement of intent from the candidate</li>
</ul>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family:
"Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">NOTE: All AKSE members in good standing are eligible for
Council membership.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family:
"Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">Except for the President’s position, other positions within
the AKSE Council will be distributed among the elected Council
members as appropriate.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family:
"Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">At the Prague Conference, the Council will also propose and
seek acceptance from the membership for the following appointments
within the Council:</p>
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none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(40, 40,
40); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none;">The current conference organiser has traditionally become
the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; font-weight: bold;">Vice-President</strong><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to provide continuity
for the next conference.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none;">The next AKSE Conference organizer will automatically
become the next<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; font-weight: bold;">Secretary</strong>, so the position
is linked to the venue of the next conference.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none;">To ensure continuity and financial stability of the
Association, it has been customary for the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; font-weight: bold;">Treasurer</strong><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to be able to stay in
the Council for more than 4 years.</li>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family:
"Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">The names of candidates for the two Council positions will
be put on the AKSE website approximately one month before the AKSE
Conference in Prague, or from mid-March 2017.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family:
"Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap:
break-word; outline: none; font-weight: bold;">Council members
leaving in 2017</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;
word-wrap: break-word; outline: none; font-weight: bold;">:</strong></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; outline:
none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family:
"Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">Ordinary Members: Sonja Häußler and Marie-Orange Rivé-Lasan
(to be replaced by election), and Vice-President Marion Eggert (to
be replaced by Miriam Löwensteinová, who is organizing the Prague
Conference).</p>
<p>For more information, see:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://94.136.40.103/~koreanstudies.eu/?p=816">http://94.136.40.103/~koreanstudies.eu/?p=816</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr. James B. Lewis
President of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe
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