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Nominations
Meet the committee
The Chairs
Jeanette Bradeen - University of California, Riverside
The Members
Happy Cimenski-Almogela - California State University, San Bernardino
Purpose & Responsibilities
Purpose
To seek and encourage qualified candidates for the Association Executive Offices
Responsibilities
- Confirm candidacies
- Collect candidate information for distribution through the Newsletter and Annual Conference Program Notebook
- Adjudicate over the candidate introductions and campaign speeches
- Determine and announce quorum at the Annual Conference Business Meeting
- Administer the election at the Annual Conference Business Meeting
- Work closely with the Host and Program Committees in establishing appropriate timelines for speeches and election polling and announcement of the results
- Submit an informative article or update per issue of the WACUHO WAVES newsletter
- Recommended Timeline
- July
- Submit article for Summer/Fall Newsletter
- Consult with committee members to discuss issues of nominations process, campaign policies and procedures, length and content of speeches, and potential candidates
- Submit article for Summer/Fall Newsletter
- October
- Contact Program Chairs regarding timing and format of candidate profiles for the Annual Conference Program Notebook and on-site considerations
- November
- Contact CHOs to consider the Executive Committee positions and the encouragement of others
- Contact CHOs to consider the Executive Committee positions and the encouragement of others
- December
- Submit article regarding the nominations process, nominations form, and Executive Committee position descriptions to Newsletter
- Begin approaching person to run for Executive Office
- Provide names of previous Executive Committee members to contact for information
- February
- Announce candidates in pre-conference Newsletter
- Finalize election procedures
- March/April
- Meet with committee on-site and administer election process at the Annual Conference
- Meet with committee on-site and administer election process at the Annual Conference
- July
- Submit a brief abstract in January to the Program Committee Chair(s) for inclusion in the program notebook
- Prepare and submit an annual report to the Vice President by May 1st which summarizes the committee's activity during the year.
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