This blog post is on behalf of Jackie Damrau, Manager of the STC Nominating Committee. If you have questions, please contact her at jdamrau3@airmail.net.
On behalf of the Nominating Committee, I’m pleased to announce the 2010 slate of candidates for Society office.
Please note that the election slate presented below reflects changes to the composition of the Society Board of Directors. Based on the results of the Knowledge-based Governance Survey of the membership conducted in August 2009, the STC Board of Directors voted during its 24 August 2009 meeting to amend the Society Bylaws to reflect the following position changes:
- Remove the Second Vice President position
- Remove one Director position
- Change Director terms to two years
- Allow Directors to serve two consecutive terms
A full copy of the revised bylaws is posted on the STC website at https://www.stc.org/PDF_Files/bylaws.pdf.
Congratulations to all of the candidates, and thanks to everyone who expressed interest in running for office.
NOTE: All STC members must have paid their dues by 28 February 2010 to vote in the election!
For President: Mike Hughes will automatically succeed from First Vice President.
For First Vice President: Hillary Hart will automatically succeed from Second Vice President.
Candidates on the slate for the 2010 STC election:
For Secretary:
Rachel Houghton and Steven Jong
For Director (three positions to be elected)*:
Nicky Bleiel, Al Hood, Tricia Spayer, Makarand (Mak) Pandit, and W.C. Wiese
*Lisa Pappas resigned from the STC Board effective 23 November 2009, which creates an additional position for someone to serve the one year remaining in her term. For the 2010 election, STC members will elect three directors-at-large, with the top two winners serving the two-year terms and the third winner serving the remaining year of Lisa’s term.
For Nominating Committee (two positions to be elected):
Lory Hawkes, Nathaniel Lim, Linda Mikkelsen, and Preeti Mathur
The 2010 Society election is scheduled to begin 9 March and end 8 April 2010 at noon EDT (GMT-4). Please watch the STC website after 2 January 2010 for detailed information about the candidates and to access a question and answer area that you can use to ask questions of the candidates.
I have the privilege of knowing several of these folks personally, and most of the rest I know by reputation. This is a first-rate group of nominees. No matter who is elected, STC will have strong leadership.
Kudos to the Nominating Committee for presenting us with such a strong slate.