Call for Leadership Nominations Due September 30

The GSAE Nominating Committee is soliciting names of members interested in serving on the GSAE Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee will include Past Chair, Jim Fowler, CAE; Chair, David Ellis, CAE; Chair-Elect, Tara Morrison, CAE, CMP and two at-large association executive members (to be named by the GSAE Board of Directors on August 25).

Five seats for individual association member directors and one seat for a corporate supplier director will be available for two-year terms, beginning January 1, 2017. If you or someone you know would like to be considered, please send the name and a brief description of qualifications to Wendy. All candidates must be members in good standing. Deadline for nominations is September 30, 2016.

The slate of nominees will be offered to the membership for review no later than November 10, 2016. Board members and officers will be accepted and installed at the GSAE Annual Business Meeting on December 14.

At least ninety (90) days prior to the annual business meeting, the Board of Directors shall appoint a Nominating Committee of five (5) persons, each of whom shall have been an Individual member of the Society for at least two (2) years. The chairman shall be the Immediate Past Chair. Others on the committee shall be the Chair, Chair-Elect, and two other members not currently serving on the GSAE Board of Directors. Names of nominating committee members and an invitation for recommendations for candidates for nomination shall be announced to the membership at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual business meeting. The nominating committee shall submit at least one (1) name for each available elective office of the Society and said slate shall be presented, in writing, to the membership at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual business meeting and again, orally, at the annual business meeting.