The
following are statements of the candidates for AAPG president-elect
for 2004-05.
Nominated
candidates Alfredo Guzmán and Peter R. Rose will be joined on the
ballot by petition candidate Charles R. "Chuck" Noll (December EXPLORER).
Guzmán
and Rose were approved as nominated candidates at the May 10, 2003,
Executive Committee meeting, following the nominating procedures
spelled out in the AAPG Bylaws.
The Bylaws
also has provisions for petition candidates to enter a race by providing
the signatures of 50 Active AAPG members. Noll provided the necessary
number of signatures and joined the ballot by the October 15 deadline
the Bylaws allow.
Previous
statements and biographies of Guzmán and Rose appeared in the September EXPLORER.
Following
the precedent set in the 2001-02 election, the Executive Committee,
in its desire for fairness to all candidates, has made available
the biographies, photos and statements of each of the president-elect
candidates. Nominated candidates will address the same question
addressed in the September EXPLORER: "Why I Accepted the Invitation
to be a Candidate for AAPG Office."
Both nominated
candidates were given the opportunity to change their statement
if they so desired, as ordinarily these statements are made without
the candidates having seen the others' statements. Guzmán opted
to make no changes to his statement.
Noll addresses
the question, "Why I Decided to be a Petition Candidate for AAPG
Office."
Candidates,
who provided all information, were asked to limit their biography
to 350 words and statements to 500 words.
Next month,
bios and statements by the two nominated candidates for treasurer
and a petition candidate for the same office will be published.
Read President-Elect Candidate Biographies
Read President-Elect Candidate Statements