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posted on Jan. 8: Board of Governors holds online election to fill seat on planning committee

The Board of Governors is holding its first online election for undergraduates beginning today (Jan. 8). Undergraduate students are eligible to vote at the Board of Governors' election Web site for one student to represent them on the University Planning Committee during an electronic election starting today (Jan. 8) at 9 a.m. The election continues all week with polls closing on Friday, Jan. 12 at 4:30 p.m. Election of one undergraduate student is required for the University Planning Committee, a joint Senate-Board of Governors committee, for a term beginning immediately and continuing until Oct. 31, 2002. The election was called to replace the student representative who resigned from the position at the end of the summer. Two undergraduate students were nominated as candidates to sit on the University Planning Committee: Jennifer Anderson, a third year student in the Combined Honours Comparative Literature and Linguistics Program and Matt Lannan, second year of the Arts and Science and Political Science Program. Risumis for each candidate may be viewed at the Board of Governors' election Web site. The committee is a senior planning committee and the undergraduate representative is automatically a member of the Board's budget committee, which develops the University budget. Board of Governors secretary Bruce Frank is optimistic students will find the online voting method accessible and easy to use. "It should make it easier for all the electorate to take part," said Frank. "It's easy and more accessible for undergraduate students than the previous method of having students line up at a polling station." Students can vote online at http://www.mcmaster.ca/bog/elections at any personal computer with internet access. Student IDs and a Personal Identification Number (the same as the MUGSI system) are required to cast a ballot.

posted on Jan. 16:More than 600 delegates congregate for e-commerce world congress

More than 600 delegates are expected to attend this week's second World Congress on the Management of Electronic Commerce, sponsored by the Management of Innovation and New Technology (MINT) Research Centre at McMaster. Organized by McMaster business students, the congress runs from Wednesday, Jan. 17 to Friday, Jan. 19 at the Hamilton Convention Centre concurrently with the fourth World Congress on the Management of Intellectual Capital. Researchers from more than 30 countries will present reports and studies that demonstrate what succeeds on Web sites as well as what fails.

posted on Jan. 4: Science dean Peter Sutherland reappointed to a second term

Dean of science Peter Sutherland will serve a second five-year term. His reappointment, for the period July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2006, was approved by the Board of Governors in December. The recommendation of the ad hoc selection committee for the dean concluded that the needs of the Faculty are being well served by Sutherland. A professor of physics & astronomy, Sutherland has his research interests in the modelling of physical processes in pulsars and supernovae, as well as in the numerical codes for radiative transfer models and dynamics. Sutherland taught at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania before joining McMaster as an assistant professor in 1976. He became a full professor in 1982 and served as chair of the physics department from 1987-1991. He has served on numerous university committees. For other highlights of the Dec. 15 Board meeting: