Given a collection of nominees, the Nominations Committee will evaluate the candidates and, from this evaluation, select a credentialed list for presentation to the Board of Directors for their review. The quality of the statement regarding goals while in office will be heavily weighted in the decision. At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors, the set of candidates for the various positions will be reviewed by the members present. The purpose of this review will be to insure that the candidates meet the qualifications. Electronic Discussion September 11 to 30 will be a period of electronic discussion.
Members can ask candidates questions individually via e-mail or participate in group discussion.
Electronic Voting Voting will be during a 2-week period, October 1 to October 14, with the results announced on October 15. The details are to be worked out. Selection and testing will occur well before the voting period. The newly elected executive officers will be invited to participate in the monthly Executive Committee telephone conferences for October, November , December and January. Thus, upon taking office at the end of January, the new officers would have had a 3-month training period.