To qualify as a candidate for the NATE Board of Directors, an individual must be an active member in the Association and must be a managing owner of a voting member company or firm, defined as a person who can legally encumber that company or firm. Board members are elected to a two-year term prior to the NATE annual conference & exposition held every February. All voting members are allowed to cast their vote via mail. Board of Directors service is strictly on a volunteer basis, with all incurred costs being each Board member's responsibility.
Board of Directors Election Procedures
1. To qualify as a candidate for the NATE Board of Directors an individual must be an active member in the Association and must be a managing owner of a voting member company or firm, defined as a person who can legally encumber that company or firm.
2. Individuals apply for candidacy by submitting the application form below, a brief position/background statement (maximum of one page in length) and a color photograph to the NATE office. Applications are currently being accepted. The deadline for announcing candidacy is September 1, 2008.
3. NATE will publish all candidate information in the July 2008 through November 2008 issues of Tower Times.
4. The first week of October, each NATE Voting Member company will be sent voting materials consisting of a ballot, candidate profiles, candidate photographs and rules for casting their vote.
5. Each ballot will be sent via secured mail to ensure delivery.
6. Ballots from voting members must be received in the NATE office by November 7, 2008.
7. To be elected to the Board of Directors, a candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast.
8. If all available Board positions are not filled on the first ballot, a runoff election will be held to fill the remaining seats on the basis of a plurality of the votes cast.
9. Once all Board positions are filled, the candidates will be advised of the results of the election.
10. Results of the election will be announced in the February 2009 issue of Tower Times.
11. Those elected to the Board of Directors will begin serving their two-year term at the annual meeting in February 2009.
12. The newly elected Board will choose its executive officers at the annual meeting.
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