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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Jul 28, 2006 14:56:14 GMT -5
Mike Hood posted this on another list serve:
In case anyone is interested, here are the NSS officer candidates for this next year:
AVP - Steve Ormeroid
EVP - Gordon Birkhimer
OVP - Cheryl Jones
Mike Hood
Member, NSS Executive Search Committee
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Jul 28, 2006 20:57:18 GMT -5
I know one I marked off my list already he he  Of course they are all elected by the BOG right?  |
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Post by Mike Hood on Jul 29, 2006 7:52:01 GMT -5
Right--the officers are elected by the 12 Directors.
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Jul 29, 2006 8:05:47 GMT -5
Right--the officers are elected by the 12 Directors. Thanks Mike! Hmmm so far it looks like a shoe-in for the officer candidates. Some friendly competition would be healthy for the NSS. |
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Post by Mike Hood on Jul 29, 2006 8:14:30 GMT -5
Yes, it would be good if we could get more people to run for office. Unfortunately, it's been like this for many years. Serving as an officer takes a lot of time and a good amount of out-of-pocket expenses and it's hard to get members to run (my Visa card is still reeling from my four years as an officer) ;D
Finding candidates for office was my biggest headache when I was chairman of the Executive Search Committee.
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Post by Mike Hood on Jul 29, 2006 8:17:02 GMT -5
Right--the officers are elected by the 12 Directors. Thanks Mike! Hmmm so far it looks like a shoe-in for the officer candidates. Some friendly competition would be healthy for the NSS. I should point out that often, Directors will attempt to get members to run the weekend before the Monday convention BOG meeting by talking to them at the convention site. It sometimes works, so there's the possibility of having someone else added to the ballot just before the election. |
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Post by Karstscience on Jul 31, 2006 16:03:35 GMT -5
I hope the Directors are able to find additional candidates, preferably from among cavers who haven't spent the last ten years in the inner sanctum. Birkhimer and Ormeroid are relative newcomers to the Board of Governors, but Cheryl should finish out her term as a director and allow some new blood to be merged into the Board. With a handful of exceptions, the main group of the past ten years is becoming an inbred bunch with a dismissive attitude toward the membership.
Past officers and directors are to be thanked for volunteering in their respective positions, regardless of how effective they may or may not have been, but there is always a time to move on to other ventures and let others take the reins. That time has arrived.
The past two years has seen the introduction of first time directors elected by the membership. One has to hope the first time directors will be willing to entertain different viewpoints, and if not peer-pressured into silence, will develop an open and direct (i.e., less corporate speak) exchange of information with the membership.
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Post by Rock on Aug 4, 2006 12:08:16 GMT -5
Doesn't this seem like a Deck of Cards? You know its like years of reshuffling, restacking and dealin them out then all you have left is a stack of old worn out cards.  Sounds like its time for a new deck!  |
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Post by Mike Hood on Aug 15, 2006 5:58:42 GMT -5
Here are the results of the NSS officer elections:
EVP - Gordon Birkhimer
AVP - Steve Omeroid
OVP - Cheryl Jones
President Pro Tem - Dave Taylor
Also, John LaMar Cole was elected to fill Cheryl's vacant Director's seat on the Board of Governors.
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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Aug 15, 2006 7:45:12 GMT -5
Congratulations to those re-elected and to those newly elected to positions! Thanks for the update Mike.  |
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