Nominating committee request

["Debra Strauss" <dkstraus@swbell.net>]

Hello everyone.  Andi Rivarola, William Plotner, Winona Stevenson, Don Rude
and myself are the current nominating committee. We are seeking candidates
to serve on the AIS board as Directors.  We need to bring at least eight
nominee names (with resumes) to the AIS board at the Spring meeting in
Dallas. The director positions are a three year commitment from 2014-2016
where if elected they are expected to chair one of the standing committees
of AIS and attend the spring and fall board meetings.  The AIS Board or any
AIS member may submit names of any AIS member. Please consider all the hard
working dedicated AIS members in your region, as well as all across the US
and Canada.  Talk with them and see if they have any interest in serving on
the AIS board. Then please send us their names and phone numbers. The
Nominating Committee will then contact each candidate whose name is
submitted to determine the interest and commitment of the candidate. If
selected to be presented as a candidate for a director's position by the
committee, we will ask for a resume from them. Care must be taken by the
person submitting the name as well as the nominating committee, to ensure
that the candidate understands that these inquiries do not constitute
guarantee of nomination.

 

Below is the current job description for the AIS Director and a section of
the bylaws with some info about the selection and who's eligible. 

 

POSITION TITLE: Director 

BASIC FUNCTION: 

               . In accordance with Article VI, Section 1 of the Bylaws of
The American Iris Society, the AIS Board of Directors shall have complete
and comprehensive power and authority to conduct the affairs of The American
Iris Society.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: 

               . He/she is elected by the membership through vote by the
Board of Directors and therefore ultimately responsible to the membership of
The American Iris Society

MAJOR FUNCTIONS: 

               . He/she is a member of the Board of Directors and
participates with other Directors in the responsibility for establishing and
implementing basic Society policies.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY: 

               . To accept the Chairmanship of one of the standing
committees of the Society and carry out the duties of that office.

              . To attend and participate in the spring and fall meetings of
the Board of Directors

 

As Per the AIS Bylaws:

   Section 3. (a) Four directors shall be elected annually and shall hold
office for three years and until their successors shall be duly elected and
qualified.

                      (c) No director shall be eligible to serve more than
two consecutive full three-year terms. Appointments to complete more than
eighteen months of an unfinished term shall be considered as serving one
full term

                      (d) A director who has served two consecutive full
three year terms shall again become eligible for nomination or appointment
as a director after being off the board as a director for one year.

                      (e) An outgoing or retiring member holding the
following positions shall not become eligible for election or appointment as
a director until after being out of office for one year: President, First
Vice President, Second Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, and Immediate Past President.

   Section 4. (c) Nominations for directors other than the one-year Regional
Vice President member shall be made by the AIS Board of Directors at its
spring meeting. After the Nominating Committee has presented its report and
before voting takes
place, the chair shall call for further nominations from individual members
of the Board and from the floor. Selection of a single slate of nominees for
directors shall then be made by the AIS Board of Directors at that spring
meeting. The                                    names of the single slate of
nominees selected by the Board shall be published in the AIS Bulletin or
mailed to the AIS membership on or before August 1 of each year.

                      (d) Any additional nomination shall thereafter be by
petition signed by forty members, with not more than fifteen from any one
AIS Region, and such petition shall be submitted to and received by the AIS
Secretary on or before August 15 of the
same year. A ballot including the names of the original nominees and any
additional nominee or nominees shall be mailed to all AIS members on or
before September 15 of each year, and returned ballots received by the AIS
Secretary or                                      the Election Committee, if
one is appointed, on or before October 15 of the same year.

                       (e) If there are no additional nominations, a ballot
shall be omitted and the original nominees considered elected. Results of
the election shall forthwith be reported to the AIS President and shall be
published in the AIS Bulletin.

 

Thank you for helping us with this.  We need dedicated hard working
directors from all across the country and Canada with different strengths
and ideas. 

 

Debbie 

 

Debbie Strauss

AIS Board of Directors

AIS Silent Auction Chair 

MIS Fundraising Chair

R17 Newsletter & Parliamentarian

PBIS Treasurer

2213 Hereford Blvd

Midland TX 79707-5012

432-352-5483

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter
with another human being.  Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who
have rekindled this inner light."

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