STC Elections

Chapter Elections 
Society Elections 
Society Online Voting Site - This site will be available in 2006 (requires a ballot number and your membership number)

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Chapter Elections 2006

Would you like to grow some skills and gain experience in your career but don’t have the opportunity in your current job to do them? Are you looking for ways to share skills you have developed with the community of people in our field, and, at the same time, do more networking, polish your resume, and have some fun? Consider running for a chapter office or volunteer for a committee position.

Holding an office may sound intimidating to some members, but it really is a fun and rewarding experience. You develop great friendships and help determine the direction the chapter takes in the future. 

In January, the Phoenix Chapter began to construct a slate of candidates for the election of new officers in April. If you want to run for office next year, or nominate a member for office, please contact Nominations Committee Manager Tim Eull. Our chapter bylaws permit more than one candidate for each of the offices except the president.

Petitions for member-nominated candidates must be submitted by March 1, 2006. See the Member Nominations page for details. 

The following Phoenix Chapter positions are available for STC members who wish to become leaders of the chapter. All require meeting attendance. For any questions, contact the Nominations Committee (Tim Eull, Tom Barnett, or Lisa Ford). For information about other Phoenix Chapter volunteer positions, see the Volunteers page.

President
Responsible for all operations of the chapter (an ex officio member of all committees); exercise general supervision over the affairs of the chapter, appoint managers of committees, and report to the director-sponsor. You write newsletter articles, respond to nonmember inquiries, keep in touch with other officers and committee members, prepare the chapter’s activity report for the Society Board, and so on. This position gives you the opportunity for your ideas and philosophies to have an impact on the chapter. 

Vice President
Responsible for external chapter programs and communication; advise the president on policies and programs, and assume the president’s duties when necessary. You organize and manage special projects assigned by the president, and motivate others. Although not required, it is desirable for the vice president to run for president the following year.

Secretary
Record minutes of board meetings; distribute minutes to board members, committee managers, and other interested parties; write newsletter articles summarizing meeting programs afterwards; and maintain the chapter stationery supplies. 

Treasurer
Responsible for the chapter finances; prepare the chapter budget, maintain the checking account, deposit chapter funds, pay invoices, monitor and keep records of chapter expenses, collect dinner payments at the monthly meetings, provide financial reports to the board, maintain paper and electronic files of all financial information, and prepare for a year-end audit. 

Program Manager
Responsible for internal communication through the chapter meetings; coordinate with the Education Committee Manager; coordinate and communicate activities associated with monthly meetings including with the Arrangements Manager (meeting requirements, menu, notification via postcard distribution, and meeting feedback collection and reporting), Newsletter Editor, and the Web team; and contribute newsletter articles about meetings. 

Membership Manager
Organizes and directs an active membership recruiting campaign to increase the membership of the chapter. The Membership Manager maintains a list of prospective members, manages the membership address files from Society, welcomes new members, creates and distributes packets of information and an application to prospective members, and publish monthly membership information through the chapter newsletter.

Society Elections 

One-third of the Candidates Are from Region 5! 

For all the Society-level election results, see the Election page for details. 

Candidates for the 2005 Society Elections included the following (names are in alphabetical order):

President
Paula Berger (link to her Web site)*    automatic 

First Vice President
Linda Oestreich (2003 info) (link to her Web site)  automatic 

Second Vice President
Jonathan W. Baker
Mark H. Clifford - Sister Chapter (United Kingdom)

Secretary 
Thomas P. Barnett - Phoenix Chapter!
Char James-Tanny 

Treasurer
Not elected this year. 

Director
Russel Hirst
Mike Murray
Jeff Staples - Region 5 member from Houston
Daniel E. Wise  

Nominating Committee
(Two to be elected, each for a two-year term)**
Jackie A. Damrau (link to her Web site) - Lone Star Chapter 
Rachel A. Jordan Houghton
Allison B. Johnson
Constance L. Kiernan
Betsy M. Maaks - Chicago, but a Phoenix Chapter member

* The STC Bylaws specify that the second vice president automatically becomes first vice president the following year and president the year after that. 

** Members of this year’s nominating committee are 
TBD 
  

Last Date Updated: 08/22/2006
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