Solicitation for presidential candidates, 2013.
International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures Founded in 1991. Incorporated as not‐for‐profit organization in the State of Illinois, USA __________________________________________________________________________________________ CANDIDATE SOLICITATION for IA‐FraMCoS Presidency and 2019 Conference Boulder, May18, 2013 All eligible members of the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures (IA‐FraMCoS) are invited and encouraged to become candidates for the Presidency of the association. The selected candidate will effectively occupy the position of President Elect, President, and Past President in the Board of Directors for the intervals 2013‐2016, 2016‐2019, and 2019‐201 respectively. The candidate should be a recognized leader in Fracture Mechanics of concrete and concrete structure as attested by significant contributions to the literature (ideally attested by a commensurate H index and/or other citation metric) or to the Profession. The candidate should also have the leadership and organizational skills needed to reinforce the position of the association as the leading organization in its scientific and engineering community and to organize FraMCos‐10. The candidates should submit, by July 15 2013, a dossier which includes: 1. A Letter of intent which summarizes the candidate’s accomplishments and vision for the association. 2. Details about the organization of FraMCos‐10: a. Location (Country, and if possible city). b. Local Organizers (if known) c. Possible sponsors (have they been contacted, have they confirmed, would they be contributed financially, …) d. Theme(s) if any, and how would that be implemented other than just a label. e. Workshops if any, themes, organizers, additional cost, intended audience. f. Estimated registration cost. g. Would there be printed proceedings? h. Other… Submissions should be e‐mailed to the president (Saouma@colorado.