Member Pipeline - Member Services & Information - Update (MU06-11)
| To: | Members & Affiliates |
| From: | National Office |
| Date: | May 12, 2006 |
| Subject: | BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTIONS REGIONAL & AT-LARGE SEATS |
| Reference: | MU 06-11 |
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June 9, 2006
Under the NACWA Bylaws, the term of office for nine Board Members will expire at the Annual Business Meeting this July. The Board Members from Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are either no longer eligible for Board service or are slated for re-election this July. The Association’s Bylaws also provide for the Board of Directors to include up to three at-large seats, to which Association members may be appointed. Currently, two of the three at-large seats are filled. Via this Member Update candidates for vacant regional seats and the single available at-large seat are being solicited. The Board Members up for re-election and the available vacant/at-large seats are as follows:
Region I Vacant Seat – Three Year Term
Region II Vacant Seat – Three Year Term
Region III Vacant Seat – Three Year Term
Region V Kevin L. Shafer – Eligible for Re-election
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
Region VI Charles Ganze – Eligible for Re-election
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority, TX
Region VII Dick Champion – Eligible for Re-election
Independence Water Pollution Control Department, MO
Region VIII Dennis Stowe – Eligible for Re-election
Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant, CO
Region IX Philip Friess – Eligible for Re-election
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, CA
Region X Charles Logue – Eligible for Re-election
Clean Water Services, OR
At-Large Vacant Seat – Three Year Term
Eligibility
It is the objective of NACWA’s Board of Directors that the
Association’s leadership reflects diversity with regard to sex, race and
national origin. Any individual, designated as their agency's representative to
the Association is eligible for election to the Board of Directors.
Factors for Consideration
Included among the factors to be considered when placing your name,
or that of another Member Agency representative, into nomination are the history
of the member agency’s active participation in NACWA activities; the ability,
both in terms of schedule and financial capability, of the nominee to travel
(NACWA’s Board meets four times a year); the role of the member agency’s federal
elected officials in national legislative process; and, for regional nominees
only, whether the nominee is representative of geographical diversity within the
Region.
Please also note the following specific duties and responsibilities of the Board as you consider potential nominees:
- Establish annual Association goals;
- Oversee the management of Association’s finances, including approving the annual budget and establishing an appropriate dues structure for the membership;
- Allocate Association resources;
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Approve programs and activities of the Association’s
committees and provide oversight of such
committees; - Adopt Association positions and policies;
- Oversee the management of 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; and
- Ensure orderly long-range planning for the Association.
Nomination Process
For Regional Board Seats - In order to be considered by the
Nominating Committee for a regional Board seat, nominees must personally express
a willingness to serve and have a minimum of two NACWA members from their region
support their nomination in writing. Thus, an individual desiring to be on the
Board may place their name into nomination, but must also solicit the support of
two other member agencies from their region. If, as a result of nominations,
there are two or more members from a region meeting the qualifications, the
Nominating Committee will oversee a vote of regional NACWA members. The
Committee will report nominations to the entire membership for election at the
Annual Business Meeting in Washington, DC in July.
For At-Large Seats - Member Agency representatives may nominate themselves or be nominated by another Member Agency representative for appointment to an at-large Board seat. Nominations must be in writing and include a statement describing the candidate’s qualifications to serve based upon the factors for consideration provided previously in this Member Update. Nominee will be reviewed, and appointments will be recommended, by the Nominating (Directors) Committee. Appointments will be made by the President and confirmed by the Board of Directors.
The Role of the Nominating (Directors)
Committee
The role of the Nominating (Directors) Committee is to actively
solicit nominations for new regional, at-large, or vacant Board seats; certify
the eligibility of the nominated candidates; and subsequently nominate member
agency representatives for appointment or election to the Board.
Please forward a copy of your nominations to both Patricia Cleveland, Chair of the Nominating (Directors) Committee, and Ken Kirk, NACWA’s Executive Director, no later than Friday, June 9, 2006.
| Patricia Cleveland, Manager of Operations Trinity River Authority of Texas P.O. Box 240 Arlington, TX 76004-0240 e-mail: clevelandp@trinityra.org Fax: 817/417-0367 |
Ken Kirk, Executive Director |
For your information, a list of the current Board of Directors (PDF), with members of the Nominating (Directors) Committee noted, is attached, in addition to a list of NACWA’s membership (PDF) grouped by region. If you need additional information or assistance, please contact Patricia Cleveland, Nominating Committee Chair, at 817/493-5137 or Ken Kirk, Executive Director at 202/833-4653.
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