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To: Members
From: National Office
Date: January 12, 2000
Subject: Board Elections
Reference: MU 00-1

Action Please By: April 14, 2000

Under the current AMSA Bylaws, the term of the office for seven Board members will expire at the annual meeting this May. Board members from I, II, III, V, VI, and X are all eligible for re-election. Additional seats in Regions I and IX are also open due to resignations. Additionally, Region XIII now has nine members making the Region eligible for a second Board seat. The Board members up for re-election and the vacant seats are as follows:

Region I Paul Pinault
Narragansett Bay Commission

Vacant Seat
(Formerly held by John F. Fitzgerald
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority)
Region II Joel A. Miele, Sr.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection

Richard P. Tokarski
Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority
Region III Donnie R. Wheeler
Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Region V Paul Thormodsgard
Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District
Region VI Harold Gorman
Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Region VII New Vacant Seat
Region IX Vacant Seat effective May 2000
(Currently held by Robert P. Miele
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County)
Region X Bill Gaffi
Unified Sewerage Agency of Washington County

The vacated seat in Region I is for a one year term, the vacated seat in Region IX is for a three year term, and the new seat in Region VIII is for a three year term. In accordance with Association Bylaws, member agencies in affected regions are asked to identify individuals to represent them using a format that ensures each member in the region has an opportunity to be considered for nomination. (See attached regional lists for Regions I, II, III, V, VI, VIII, IX, and X)

In order to be considered by the Nominating Committee, nominees should have a minimum of one other AMSA member from their region, other than themselves, support their nomination in writing. Thus, an individual desiring to be on the Board may nominate themselves, but must solicit the support of one other member agency from their region. If, as a result of the nominations, there are two or more members from a region meeting the qualifications, the Nominating Committee shall oversee a vote of regional AMSA members. The Committee will report nominations to the entire membership for election at the Annual Meeting in Washington, DC in May. Alternatively, any member may have his or her name placed in nomination from the floor of the members meeting when elections are before the assembly.

Please forward a copy of your nominations to Gordon Garner, Chair of the Nominating Committee (Directors), and Ken Kirk, AMSA's Executive Director, NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2000.

Gordon R. Garner
Executive Director
Louisville & Jefferson County
  Metropolitan Sewer District
700 West Liberty Street
Louisville, KY 40203-1913

FAX:502/540-6106
garner@msdlouky.org
Ken Kirk
Executive Director
AMSA
1816 Jefferson Place, NW,
Washington, DC 20036-2505

FAX: 202/833-3743
kkirk@amsa-cleanwater.org

Please keep in mind as you move through the nominating process that eligibility for election to the Board is limited to those individuals who have been designated as their agency's representative to the Association. Please also note the following specific duties and responsibilities of the Board as you consider potential nominees:

  • Establish annual Association goals
  • Manage the Association's finances, including approving the annual budget and recommending an appropriate dues structure to the membership
  • Allocate Association resources
  • Approve programs and activities of the Association's committees and provide oversight of such committees
  • Adopt Association positions and policy statements on an interim basis
  • Manage the Association's activities through policy guidance and directives to the Executive Director and oversight of staff activities
  • Establish relationships with other organizations
  • Authorize participation in litigation
  • Ensure orderly long-range planning for the Association

For your information, a list of the current Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee (Directors) is enclosed in addition to the regional lists for the Board seats which are vacant or up for re-election. If you need additional information or assistance, please contact Gordon Garner, Nominating Committee Chair, at 502/540-6346, or Ken Kirk, Executive Director of AMSA, at 202/833-4653.

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