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Each
year, ACR seeks
dedicated, energetic, enthusiastic, talented and knowledgeable members to become
volunteer leaders as Board Directors and Officers. If you are such a member or
know a member who qualifies, this is the time to consider becoming a
candidate (or nominating someone) for a seat on the Board. For information
about the time and other commitments Board members make to ACR ,or for any other
information about being a Director, please contact any present Director.
As
provided in ACR’s Bylaws, the Nominating Committee is soliciting nominations for
the following positions, to be elected in August/September by voting members of
ACR:
A
President-Elect,
who will serve a three-year term, commencing at the end of the 2008 Annual
Conference, the first year as President-Elect, the second year as President and
the third year as Immediate Past-President. To be eligible for election to this
office a candidate must either serve currently on the Board or have served on
the Board within the five years immediately preceding his or her nomination as
President-Elect.
Three Directors-at-Large and a Sections Director
who will each serve three-year terms, commencing at the end of the 2008 Annual
Conference. To be eligible for election to the Board, a person must be a Member
of ACR in good standing who is at least eighteen years of age.
The
duties and qualifications for these positions are as follows:
The
President-Elect
shall perform the duties of the President in his or her absence and such other
duties as may be assigned by the President. If the office of President becomes
vacant, the President-Elect shall serve as President for the balance of the
prior President’s term. The President-Elect shall be a member of the Board and
the Executive Committee, and an ex officio member of all committees.
At-large Directors
are expected to commit sufficient time and effort to manage the policy oversight
of ACR and engage in fund-raising on its behalf, in recognition of the
importance of their dedicated efforts to the ultimate success of ACR.
The Sections Director is the designated point of contact between the
Board and the members and leaders of ACR’s Sections and serves as the liaison
between the Sections and the rest of ACR. In addition to meeting the
eligibility requirements for At-large Directors, the Sections Director should
have served in the leadership of one or more Sections. A Sections Task Force is
considering additional criteria. If any such criteria are identified for this
position, this information will be published immediately after the Board’s
decision is made to accept the new criteria for future elections.
All
recommendations for candidates must be received, in writing, by the close of
business on May 27, 2008, to ACR Nominating Committee, 5151 Wisconsin Ave. NW
#500, Washington, DC 20016 or by email to
pwashington@acrnet.org with
“Nominations Committee” in the subject line.
Each recommendation must
include the position for which it is being made, the nominee’s contact
information, the contact information for the person submitting the
recommendation, and a brief statement (not exceeding 250 words) regarding the
nominee’s eligibility and other qualifications for the position, as well as any
other information that might be relevant to the Nominating Committee’s
consideration of the recommended individual, such as service and leadership
positions held in ACR and other organizations, special expertise and/or
knowledge that would be useful for the position for which he or she is being
nominated, and (if the recommendation is being made for someone else) whether
the nominee has been asked, and has agreed, to serve if elected.
Respectfully submitted,
Paula
Trout and Steve Erickson, Co-chairs of the Nominating Committee
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