Research Committee 11 Sociology of Aging of the International Sociological AssociationConferences
This part contains information on previous and future conferences with RC11 participation. This includes the RC11 programme, abstracts of accepted papers, full conference papers, and Powerpoints. Moreover, any current Call for Papers in preparation of RC11 conferences as well as information on bursaries can be found here.
Call for Nomination deadline extended to 15 May 2010!
Elections of the NEW RC11 Executive Board (2010-2014)
The elections are for 6 Officer positions on the Executive Management Group (EMG) and for ‘up to 12 Officers-at-Large’. Elections are for the following RC11 Officer positions:
- President (currently Sara Arber)
- Vice President (currently Anne Martin-Matthews)
- Vice President (currently Lars Andersson)
- Treasurer (currently Anne Martin-Matthews – but this position will not be shared in future)
- Secretary (currently Susan Feldman)
- Newsletter Editor (currently Andreas Hoff)
Call for Nominations for the next RC11 Executive Board, 2010-2014
Please don’t be shy. Would you like to serve on the RC11 Executive Board, either as one of the 6 Officer positions (above) or as one of the 12 Officers-at-Large? If so, please send a nomination by 15th May 2010 to Susan Feldman (RC11 Secretary) at Susan.Feldman@med.monash.edu.au . NB. If you have any queries or would like information about what is involved in any of the above Officer positions, please email the current office holder, or contact Susan Feldman or myself.
Nominations can be made either (a) by the candidate for nomination themselves, or (b) by an RC11 member who is nominating that person. NB. The candidate for nomination and the person nominating must both be paid up members of RC11 and the ISA.
Each nomination should indicate the name of the person being nominated AND the name of the RC11 member who nominates them. Each nomination should include a short paragraph about the person being nominated, which may be prepared either by the person being nominated or by the RC11 member who is the nominator.
Voting for Candidates for the next RC11 Executive Board, 2010-2014
2. Any RC11 member who is not planning to attend the 2010 World Congress will be invited to send in their votes for EMG Officers and for the RC11 Officers-at-Large by 1st July to the RC11 Secretary (Susan Feldman).
3. The election of EMG Officers and RC11 Officers-at-Large will take place at the RC11 Business Meeting on 14th July in Gothenburg by a vote of paid-up members of RC11 who are present at the Business meeting. In addition, any votes cast in advance by RC11 members not attending the World Congress will be counted together with the votes cast at the RC11 Business Meeting.
4. RC11 members only have one vote for each of the six EMG Officer positions (above) and up to 12 votes for Officers-at-Large. NB. RC11 members attending the Business Meeting at the ISA World Congress should not vote in advance. However, any RC11 member planning to attend the ISA World Congress in Gothenburg who has to cancel at short-term notice, e.g. because of sickness, should contact me in order to submit their votes by 12th July.
Please let me know if you have any queries about these elections. We look forward to receiving your nominations.
Sara Arber
President RC11
Email: S.Arber@surrey.ac.uk
26th March 2010, updated 6 May 2010
This section also contains the full RC11 programme during the XVIIth ISA World Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, in July 2010:
Please click on Conferences/Programmes/Gothenburg 2010 using the left-hand menu bar or visit: http://www.rc11-sociology-of-aging.org/xviith-isa-world-congress-gothenb... .