Featured Article from August 2012

Pursuant to subsection 7.3 of the Society’s rules of policy and procedure, the ASCE membership is hereby notified that the following vacancies will be available on the 2013 election ballot for terms beginning in fiscal year 2014. For information on how to apply for a vacant position, please contact the individual specified in the accompanying table. The qualifications for the vacant positions are as follows:

• PRESIDENT-ELECT: A candidate must be a voting Society member in good standing from any geographic region or the Technical Region with prior service on the Board of Direction or service as an institute representative on the Board of Direction between 2000 and 2005. This is a three-year term, involving one year each as president-elect, president, and past president.

• TECHNICAL REGION DIRECTOR: A candidate must be a Society member in good standing and must have served as a voting member on an institute board of governors. Any person who has been inducted as Society president-elect or vice president is ineligible for reelection as a Technical Region director. All other former Board of Direction members who were nominated by districts are eligible to serve. This is a three-year term. (As noted in the accompanying table, there is no vacancy for this position in this cycle.)

• AT-LARGE DIRECTOR: A candidate must be a Society member in good standing in any grade except that of student member and must possess expertise or a special perspective deemed desirable by the Board of Direction. At-large directors shall be ineligible for reelection to the office of region director. Nominations may be submitted only by a standing Board of Direction committee or by the Industry Leaders Council. This is a two-year term.

• GEOGRAPHIC REGION DIRECTOR: A candidate must be a Society member in good standing, must have an address of record within the region being represented, and must have served as a geographic region governor. Any person who has been inducted as Society president-elect or vice president is ineligible for reelection as a geographic region director. This is a three-year term.

• REGION GOVERNOR: A candidate must be a Society member in good standing, must have an address of record within the region being represented, and must have served as a section or branch officer, as a member of a section or branch committee, or as a member of a national committee of the Society.


REGION 1 comprises the Boston and Connecticut societies and the following sections: Buffalo, Ithaca, Maine, Metropolitan, Mohawk-Hudson, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Rochester, Syracuse, and Vermont.

REGION 2 comprises the following sections: Central Pennsylvania, Delaware, Lehigh Valley, Maryland, National Capital, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.

REGION 3 comprises the following sections: Akron-Canton, Central Illinois, Central Ohio, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Duluth, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Quad-City, Toledo, and Wisconsin.

REGION 4 comprises the following sections: Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

REGION 5 comprises the following sections: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

REGION 6 comprises the following sections: New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

REGION 7 comprises the following sections: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas City, Nebraska, South Dakota, St. Louis, and Wyoming.

REGION 8 comprises the following sections: Alaska, Arizona, Columbia, Hawaii, Inland Empire, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Seattle, Southern Idaho, Tacoma-Olympia, and Utah.

REGION 9 comprises the following sections: Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco.

REGION 10 comprises the remaining geographic territory, including Canada and Mexico.