Issue 7
Cast Your Vote
The ballots for the 2014 AAEA Executive Board election are now available. Take the time to make your voice heard. The election is open from April 15 through May 15, 2014.
All current AAEA members as of May 5, 2014, are eligible to vote. Members with valid e-mail addresses have received ballots electronically. Please make sure your spam filter is set to accept e-mails from info@aaea.org. If you have a valid e-mail address and have not received a ballot, your spam filter may be blocking e-mails from AAEA. Spam filters may block AAEA messages without notifying AAEA of the block.
Please notify the AAEA Business Office at info@aaea.org if you have not received the electronic ballot. Members that request a paper ballot or who do not have a current e-mail address on file will receive a ballot in the mail. If you have any questions about this process, please contact the AAEA Business Office.
Section Elections
Elections for Section leadership positions will take place concurrently with the Executive Board election. Once you have submitted your Executive Board ballot, you will be directed to ballots for the Section elections that you are eligible to vote in. Only current members of each Section are eligible to vote in that Section’s election. Section elections will also close on May 15, 2014.
Candidates for President-Elect
Bruce Babcock, Iowa State University
Jill McCluskey, Washington State University
Candidates for Director
Lilyan Fulginiti, University of Nebraska
David Just, Cornell University
William Masters, Tufts University
Hong (Holly) Wang, Purdue University
AAEA News
- New Job Board
- Social Networks, Social Media and the Economics of Food Symposium
- 143rd EAAE/AAEA Joint Seminar Call for Papers
- President-Elect Seeks Volunteers for AAEA Committees
- Crop Insurance and the 2014 Farm Bill Symposium - Deadline Extended for Abstract Submissions
- Call for Submissions: Invited Papers for 2015 ASSA Annual Meeting
- C-FARE
Section Updates
- The Evolving Structure of Agriculture: Productive or Disruptive?
- Graduate Student Extension Competition
- Case Study Competition
Obituary
Note: The Exchange is now distributed bi-weekly. The President's Column and the People's Section will continue to be bi-monthly and are scheduled to appear in the next issue.