By Jan A. Nowak, PhD, MD Chair, Nominating Committee e-mail: jnowak51@comcast.net

Call for Nominations for the 2010 AMP Officers
It is once again time to consider the future leadership of AMP.  It takes several months to consider potential candidates and gather candidate statements for the ballot. Therefore, the Nominating Committee has been working for over a month to assemble a slate of candidates for the May 2010 elections for officers that will begin terms of service at the conclusion of the 2010 Annual Meeting.  Please send your nominations for each of the offices listed below directly to me (jnowak51@comcast.net) or to the Nominating Committee members listed below. Self-nominations are accepted.

Responsibilities and recent activities of the various AMP Committees can be reviewed on the AMP website (www.amp.org). Questions can be directed to any of the members of the Nominating Committee. 

Council positions open:
1.      President-Elect
2.      Program Committee Chair-Elect
3.      Clinical Practice Committee-Chair
4.      Professional Relations Committee Chair-Elect

Program Committee position open:
1.      Technical Topics representative

Genetics Subdivision positions open:
1.      Chair-Elect
2.      Nominating Committee representative
3.      Clinical Practice Committee representative
4.      Training and Education Committee representative

Hematopathology Subdivision positions open:
1.      Chair-Elect
2.      Nominating Committee representative
3.      Clinical Practice Committee representative
4.      Training and Education Committee representative

Infectious Diseases Subdivision positions open:
1.      Chair-Elect
2.      Nominating Committee representative
3.      Clinical Practice Committee representative
4.      Training and Education Committee representative

Solid Tumors Subdivision positions open:
1.      Chair-elect
2.      Nominating Committee representative
3.      Clinical Practice Committee representative
4.      Training and Education Committee representative

Members of Nominating Committee to whom you should respond directly:

Genetics Subdivision:
         Min Fang (mfang@fhcrc.org)  
         Tom Monroe (thomas.monroe@spectrum-health.org)

Hematopathology Subdivision:
         John Longshore (john.longshore@carolinas.org)
         Domnita Crisan (dcrisan@beaumont.edu)

Infectious Diseases Subdivision:
         Jeanne Carr (jeanne.carr@stjude.org)
         Preeti Pancholi (preeti.pancholi@osumc.edu)

Solid Tumors Subdivision:
         Deborah Dillon (ddillon@rics.bwh.harvard.edu)
         Catherine Dumur (cdumur@mcvh-vcu.edu)

Call for Nominations for the 2010 AMP Leadership Award:
The Nominating Committee is also soliciting nominations of candidates for the prestigious AMP Leadership Award. A description of the award and eligibility criteria is found below. Please send your nominations directly to me (jnowak51@comcast.net). 

The AMP Leadership Award is bestowed each year during the Business and Awards Session of the Annual Meeting to an AMP member who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the accomplishment of the mission and goals of AMP. This is one means for all AMP members to publicly honor the exceptional accomplishments and notable contributions of an individual who has demonstrated vision and direction for both AMP and the field of molecular pathology. Nominations are sought from the Regular membership with final recommendation to Council by the AMP Nominating Committee. Award winners receive an honorarium and a commemorative gift.

AMP Leadership Award Eligibility Criteria are:

1.      The individual has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership in order to further the mission and goals of the Association.

2.      The individual has been an AMP Regular member for at least five years, with dues current.

3.      The individual has held at least one AMP Leadership position, either as a voting member of Council and/or as a Chair of a Subdivision.

4.      The individual may not be a current member of the AMP Nominating Committee.

The past honorees are: