2023 Election Results
President
Ravi Vakil, Stanford University
President Elect (1 February 2024 - 31 January 2025)
President (1 February 2025 - 31 January 2027)
Immediate Past President (1 February 2027 - 31 January 2028)
Vice President
Irene Fonseca, Carnegie Mellon University
Term is three years (1 February 2024 - 31 January 2027)
Trustee
Jonathan Mattingly, Duke University
Term is five years (1 February 2024 - 31 January 2029)
Members at Large of the Council
Naiomi T. Cameron, Spelman College
Matilde Lalín, Université de Montréal
Sara Maloni, University of Virginia
Andrew Putman, University of Notre Dame
John Voight, Dartmouth CollegeTerms are three years (1 February 2024 - 31 January 2027)
Nominating Committee
Donatella Danielli, Arizona State University
Michael Hill, University of California Los Angeles
David Savitt, Johns Hopkins UniversityTerms are three years (1 January 2024- 31 December 2026)
Editorial Boards Committee
Ben Green, University of Oxford
Robert Lazarsfeld, Stony Brook UniversityTerms are three years (1 February 2024 - 31 January 2027)
Amendments to the AMS Bylaws
In 2023, members approved the following proposals to amend the AMS Bylaws. Changes are outlined below.
Proposal 1. Remove references to deputies in Article IV Council, Sections 1 and 4Article IV Council, Section 1.
Section 1. The Council shall consist of fifteen members at large and the following ex officio members: the officers of the Society specified in Article I, one representative from each of the editorial committees specified in Article III, any former secretary for a period of two years following the terms of office, and members of the Executive Committee (Article V) who remain on the Council by the operation of Article VII, Section 4.
The chair of any committee designated as a Council member may name a deputy from the committee as substitute.Article IV Council, Section 4.
Section 4. All members of the Council shall be voting members. Each member
Proposal 2. Replace "five members" as a quorum for the Council by "five members at large” in Article IV Council, Section 5., including deputies,shall have one vote. The method for settling matters before the Council at any meeting shall be by majority vote of the members present. If the result of a vote is challenged, it shall be the duty of the presiding officer to determine the true vote by a roll call. In a roll call vote, each Council member shall vote only once (although possibly a member of the Council in several capacities).
Article IV Council, Section 5.
Section 5. Any five members at large of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Council.
Proposal 3. Remove "at the next annual meeting" and make other changes in procedures for filling unexpected vacancies in Article VII Election of Officers and Terms of Office, Section 6 and 8.Article VII Election of Officers and Terms of Office, Section 6.
Section 6. If the president of the Society should die or resign while a president elect is in office, the president elect shall serve as president for the remainder of the year and thereafter shall serve the regular two-year term. If the president of the Society should die or resign when no president elect is in office, the Council, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, shall designate one of the vice presidents to serve as president for the balance of the regular presidential term. If the president elect of the Society should die or resign before becoming president, the Council, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, shall designate by affirmative vote one of the vice presidents to serve as president elect. If the immediate past president should die or resign before expiration of the term of office, the Council, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, shall designate a former president of the Society to serve as immediate past president during the remainder of the regular term of the immediate past president. Such vacancies as may occur at any time in the group consisting of the vice presidents, the secretary, the associate secretaries, the treasurer, and the associate treasurer shall be filled by the Council with the approval of the Board of Trustees. If a member of an editorial committee should take temporary leave from duties, the Council shall then appoint a substitute. The Council shall fill from its own membership any vacancy in the elected membership of the Executive Committee.
Section 8. If any member at large of the Council should die or resign more than one year before the expiration of the term, the vacancy for the unexpired term shall be filled by affirmative vote of the Council.
The proposed amendments were adopted. The amended AMS Bylaws are posted at www.ams.org/about-us/governance/bylaws/bylaws.
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