By Bernard Aschwanden | Chair, Nominating Committee
Are you interested in becoming a candidate for elected office in 2017? Can you suggest, or do you know someone who would make a great contribution to the Society by being elected? Are you interested in learning more about a particular office? If so, the Nominating Committee would like to hear from you. Any member with at least one full year of membership is eligible to run.
This year, the Nominating Committee seeks candidates for the following positions:
- Vice President
- Treasurer
- Director (two positions)
- Nominating Committee Member (two positions)
The STC Board includes leaders with both business and academic backgrounds. All candidates should be experienced working at a strategic level, comfortable making decisions collaboratively and focused on outcomes. Previous Society-level leadership experience is not as important as having gained professional skills in managing people, projects and budgets. Serving on the STC Board is a chance to leverage these skills to lead a tax-exempt/nonprofit organization and to help ensure the Society continues providing members with an increasing quality of opportunities and services.
The Nominating Committee is responsible for selecting qualified candidates for Society office. All candidates must have extensive contacts across the Society. Serving on the Nominating Committee provides an opportunity to help shape the future of the Society by identifying leaders to run for elected office.
If you can rise to this challenge, fill out the online nomination form at http://summit.stc.org/stc-officer-candidate-recommendation-form/. A link to the form has also been posted at www.stc.org/election. You can also contact stc@stc.org or call +1 (703) 522-4114 and request that a candidate nomination form be mailed to you.
Use the same form if you want to recommend someone else for office. Submit one form for each person you want to recommend. The deadline for receipt of all forms is 31 July 2016.
Members who complete the nomination form (or who are recommended by others) do not automatically become candidates. Once the forms are received, the Nominating Committee contacts all prospects to confirm their interest. Once confirmed, interested prospects are asked to forward additional information, which the committee uses to determine candidacy.
A healthy Society leadership requires the talents of seasoned leaders with fresh perspectives. All interested members are therefore encouraged to complete and submit the nomination form by 31 July 2016.
