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To: Members & Affiliates
From: National Office
Date: January 4, 2001
Subject: BOARD ELECTIONS
Reference: MU 01-1

Action Please By:
April 13, 2001

Under the current AMSA Bylaws, the term of the office for eight Board members will expire at the annual meeting this May. Board members from I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and X are all eligible for re-election. The Board members up for re-election are as follows:

Region I
Marian Orfeo
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

Region II
Robert J. Davenport
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners

Region III
Kumar Kishinchand
Philadelphia Water Department

James T. Canaday
Alexandria Sanitation Authority

Region IV
Thomas R. Morgan
Montgomery Water Works & Sanitary Sewer Board

Region V
Hugh H. McMillan
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Region VI
Edmund Archuleta
El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board

Region X
J. Michael Read
Water Environment Services of Clackamas County

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, IV, V, VI, and X.)

In order to be considered by the Nominating Committee, nominees should have a minimum of two AMSA members from their region, or one member other than themselves, support their nomination in writing. Thus, an individual desiring to serve or continue to serve on the Board may nominate themselves, but must solicit the support of at least 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 13, 2001.

Gordon 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

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 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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