The DPP Executive Committee would like to thank the two "special election" candidates for being willing to stand for office on the Executive Committee election ballot this winter. The electronic ballot information was emailed to DPP membership mid-January, and approximately 270 paper ballots were mailed to members that do not use email. Several reminder messages were emailed up to the end of February. The deadline for voting was March 1.

There are 2450 current DPP members. The total number of members that voted this year was 805. That is approximately 33% participation in the special election.

2006 "Special Election" Vice Chair

   Ian Hutchinson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The four-year term of the special election Vice Chair will begin his duties immediately. In the first year of office the Vice Chair will select his Program Committee for the following year, will succeed to Chair Elect as Chair of the Program Committee in the second year of office, and will become the Chair of DPP in the third year of office. One candidate for Vice Chair must be selected each year.

The DPP Chair prepares the agenda and presides at DPP Executive Committee and Business meetings, appoints committees as per the Bylaws, transacts business with APS headquarters, oversees updates on the DPP website, selects a banquet speaker, and in various other ways furthers the interests of DPP. In the fourth and last year of office, the Past Chair will assist when proposing a site for the annual meeting.

The DPP Nominations Committee solicits and recommends a new slate of candidates each year.