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MOA Board of Directors call for candidates
By Muriel Farrington #89517
BMW MOA Secretary AS REQUIRED BY THE BMW MOA Bylaws, this is the official notice of election, and this article provides specifics on the election process. I would direct all members to the Bylaws as amended in November 2012. The Bylaws are available for review online at
www.bmw-
moa.org/?pagebylaws. A full copy of the Bylaws is available for delivery by mail by contact- ing the BMW MOA Office. In 2016 we will have four
open Director positions. If you have the interest, time and ded- ication to the BMW MOA and would like to run for office, we encourage you do so. Your typ- ical meeting obligation would include twelve full board con- ference calls, and four in-per- son quarterly weekend board meetings annually; addition- ally, you would serve on two committees with a schedule similar to the full board’s. Board Officers are elected by the Directors at the first Board Meeting following the election. Board members are reim- bursed for reasonable travel expenses. Members typically arrive on either a Thursday (when there are Friday meetings scheduled) or Fri- day in time for late afternoon com- mittee meetings, and fly out Sunday. With new candidates come new
ideas and fresh perspectives, and this is always good to keep our club grow- ing in a healthy manner. We encour- age you to seriously consider running for Director.
Procedure Under the guidance of the Secretary and the execution by the BMW MOA Execu- tive Director and Staff, we are requesting that all BMW MOA members who are interested in becoming a candidate for the 2016 election inform the BMW MOA office; however, this is not required to be
Candidate Search Committee must receive a biography and position statement of a maximum of 500 words. The Candidate Search Committee will count the words and cut off the election materials after the 500th word of any biography and position statement exceeding this length. A photo- graph is not required, but it is highly rec- ommended. The nomination petition may be submitted at a different time than the biography, position state- ment and optional photograph, but all required election documents have to be received by the Candidate Search Committee no later than Feb- ruary 1, 2016 for the member’s name to appear on the ballot as a candidate. February 1, 2016 is also the last day to withdraw candidacy, change candi- dacy or revise the biography or posi- tion statement. The Candidate Search Committee
shall, at any time, advise any individ- ual member of BMW MOA who so requests which members have been nominated or have submitted nomi- nations for any or all positions. Except for members of the Candidate Search Committee, and prior to the submittal of the required materials to the Secretary, no person shall read or listen to the biography or position
eligible for nomination. A nomination packet will be sent to each interested candi- date from the BMW MOA office. Included in the nomination packet is a nomination petition that can be used to obtain at least five other individual members’ names, including their BMW MOA member num- bers, addresses and signatures that support the candidate’s nomination. Obtaining the five signatures is required, but the provided nomination petition is only an example. Along with the nomination petition, the
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statement of any other candidate without such candidate’s prior permission. Mem- bers of the Candidate Search Committee who are also candidates may read such biographies and position statements prior to the submittal to the Secretary provided they have previously submitted their biog- raphies and position statements and do not later alter them. The required forms can be submitted to
any member of the Candidate Search Com- mittee, but they must be received no later
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