The NASSCAL First Fridays workshop taking place October 1 will also be the time that we elect a new Board of Directors. Ideally, this would be done at a bi-annual meeting of the Society, but the pandemic has scuttled plans for face-to-face meetings for the time being. On the positive side, online gatherings allow for participation from a greater number of members and from a wider geographical area.
Here are the relevant by-laws for election of the NASSCAL board.
Article III. Nomination and Election of Directors and Officers
Section 1. Nomination.
Nomination for election to the Board of Directors and officers shall be made by a nominating committee. Self-nominations are encouraged and may also be made from the floor at the bi-annual meeting. The nominating committee shall make as many nominations for election to each designated office of the Board of Directors and to each position on the Board not designated as an officer as it shall in its discretion determine, but not less than the number of vacancies that are to be filled.
Section 2. Nominating Committee.
The Nominating Committee shall consist of three members of the Society who shall be appointed by the President. The members will be appointed six months before the bi-annual meeting and will serve until the conclusion of the bi-annual meeting. The list of nominees shall be distributed to the membership at least three (3) weeks prior to the meeting.
Section 3. Election.
Election to the Board of Directors shall take place at each annual meeting. At such election the members or their proxies may cast, in respect to each vacancy, one (1) vote. Voting will take the form of a show of hands; nominated members will be asked to leave the room during voting. The person nominated for each position receiving a majority of the votes cast shall be elected.
A call for self-nominations went out in March 2021. Based on the responses to that call, and on discussion among the nominations committee, the following names are being put forward to constitute the 2021-2023 board:
Executive
President: Brandon Hawk (automatic transition from Vice-President)
Vice-President: Lily Vuong
Immediate Past President: Janet Spittler (automatic transition from President)
Student Member: Nathan Hardy
Communications: Lorne Zelyck
Members at large
Mark Bilby
Tony Burke
Greg Fewster
Meghan Henning
Julia Lindenlaub
Hugo Lundhaug
Julia Snyder
Again, nominations can also come from the floor. Another item on the agenda for the October online meeting is the creation of a new position on the executive: Independent Scholars Member. If accepted, the position will begin in 2023.
We hope you will join us for the October 1 meeting, to say farewell (and thank you) to the previous board, and welcome to the new.