OSA Election

The OSA election for the 2009 OSA Vice President and three Directors at Large is now open.  Eligible members will receive either instructions for voting on-line or a ballot package in the mail.

For technical support or to request a paper ballot, contact DirectVote at email support@directvote.net or by telephone at 1.952.974.2339. For OSA questions, please contact Kari Apter in the OSA Executive Office (voting@osa.org) or call 1.202.416.1960 or 800.766.4672 (US).

The deadline for receiving and recording your vote is 11:59 p.m. US East Coast time on Monday, September 15, 2008. Election results will be announced at the OSA Annual Business Meeting on October 21, 2008, at the Rochester Convention Center in Rochester, New York, USA, and available on the OSA website by late October.

Candidates for 2009 Vice-President (one will be elected)

1. J. Christopher Dainty,  National Univ. of Ireland Galway, Ireland
2. James G. Fujimoto, MIT, USA
3. David A. B. Miller, Stanford Univ., USA

Candidates for Director at Large (three will be elected)

1. Neal S. Bergano, Tyco Telecommunications, USA
2. Gary DeBell, MLD Technologies, USA
3. Donald Golini, QED Technologies Inc, USA
4. Christoph Harder, Harder and Partner, Switzerland
5. Donald Harter, IMRA America, USA
6. Wilhelm Kaenders, Toptica Photonics AG, Germany

More information on the candidates is available