Dear Fellow Members of SProSIG,

The constitution of the Speech Prosody SIG calls for election of officers
once every two years.  Accordingly, acting on behalf of the the Permanent
Advisory Council (PAC) of SProSIG, I welcome nominations for officers for
the 2020 - 2022 term.  The PAC has approved the following schedule and
procedure:

May 1 - June 1: Nominations for SProSIG officers may be sent to me, Past
President of SProSIG, at hirose@gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp and Mark, Past
Secretary jhasegaw@illinois.edu . Please use the nomination form at
http://sprosig.org/assets/nomination-form.doc .  Nominations must be
submitted by a SProSIG member (self-nominations are accepted), and must
include a 50-200 words statement of qualifications and vision.  The person
being nominated must be a SProSIG member, and must agree to hold the
position if elected.

June 1 - June 8: As the current officers were first elected in 2018 and are
eligible to be re-elected, and since they have all expressed the willingness
to serve another term, if there are no other nominations the Permanent
Advisory Committee will approve the current officers to serve a second term.
The current officers are  Plinio Barbosa, Aoju Chen, Hongwei Ding, Martine
Grice, and  Nigel Ward (Chair).  Otherwise,

June 12 - July 3. The Permanent Advisory Committee will post the candidates'
statements at sprosig.org and an election will be held.  The new officers
will then be announced, and decide among themselves their roles.

July 6.  The role of the new officers will be decided after election. 

Sincerely,
Keikichi Hirose
Past President of SProSIG
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