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Election Results from the April 2006 Annual Meeting of the Member Representatives and Board of Directors Meeting

May 9, 2006


Following are the results of the AURA Elections, which took place at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Member Representatives and Board of Directors Meeting:

Elected to the Board of Directors by the Member Representatives were:
Bruce Carney
Heidi Hammel
Lynne Hillenbrand
John Peoples

In addition, the MRs elected the following to the Board for a one-year term as Chair of their Management Council:
Fred Chaffee, AOC-G
Jeffrey Kuhn, SOC
Bob Millis, OC
(Tim de Zeeuw is Chair of the STIC and already a Board member)

Elected to the 2007 Nominating Committee by the Member Representatives were:
You-Hua Chu, Chair
Marijn Franx (nominated from the floor)
John Huchra
Crystal Martin
Juri Toomre

The Board of Directors elected the following individuals to the management councils for a three-year term, effective July 1, 2006. In all cases, the Board endorsed the recommendation of the Member Representatives.

AURA Oversight Council for Gemini:
Fred Chaffee
Karl Gebhardt
Steve Majewski


Observatories Council:
Andrea Dupree
Tony Tyson
Frank Winkler

Solar Observatory Council:
Tom Ayres

Space Telescope Institute Council:
Dan Larson
Gene Levy
Brad Peterson