• Welcome
• President's Message
• 2008 Conference
• Benefits Committee
• Run for Office
• Award Nominations
• IACA Conference
• Mid-Year Board Meeting

Run for Office

The NCBC Board is opening up the period for nominations and declaration of candidacy for the following positions for the NCBC Board of Governors for the term 2008 - 2010. This year the positions that are open are:

Two Board Members
Treasurer
Vice-President/President Elect

You are encouraged to nominate someone or declare your candidacy for any of these positions. The description of the duties of each of the positions are contained in the NCBC bylaws which may be found at the NCBC website, www.ncbcimpact.org.

The current bylaws do not allow an officer to run for consecutive terms (section 8.6). The By-laws committee has recommended that this provision be modified to allow for one consecutive term of the Treasurer and Secretary positions. This will be up for a vote at our annual conference for future elections. For this upcoming election, the NCBC Board of Governors has waived this provision since there was such a strong belief by the board for continuity and the feeling that members really begin to make meaningful contributions after they have served more than one term. Thus, our current Treasurer, John Ginocchetti, will be allowed to run for a consecutive term.

The position of Vice-President/President Elect will require a six-year commitment. The person elected to this position will serve two years as Vice-President/President Elect, followed by a two year term as President and an additional two year term as a non-voting past President.

If you are being nominated or declaring candidacy, please submit your candidate statement along with your declaration. The statement submitted should describe your interest in serving in the position sought. These statements will be circulated to the general membership at the time of the election.

Anyone desiring to submit a nomination or declare their candidacy for any of these four positions should contact Therese Buthod, Chair of the Nominations Committee, at Therese_Buthod@okeb.uscourts.gov on or before June 2, 2008. Voting by the membership to fill these positions will take place shortly after the nomination period closes.