| Purpose: |
- To prepare a slate of candidates each year for officers
of the Association.
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| Duties: |
- Determine the offices to be filled.
- Solicit nominations from the membership for those positions.
at least two committee members should be present for the review of
nomination forms.
- Establish a slate of candidates for each vacancy.
If a committee member accepts
nomination for an office, that member will excuse themselves
from further committee activities. If the chair (Past-President)
accepts nomination for an office, he/she will appoint a
committee member as co-chair to oversee remaining committee
activities.
- Distribute ballots to voting members.
- Count returns.
- Announce results at the Annual Business Meeting.
- Adhere to the following schedule:
- March:
- Call for nominations is sent to all members of
the Association.
- April:
- Nomination deadline.
- Committee confers to review committee procedures
and nominee credentials; nominees willingness to
serve is confirmed and candidate statements are
collected.
- Committee selects a slate of officers.
- May:
- Ballots are prepared and, with candidate
statements, distributed to voting members.
- Acknowledgement made to unsuccessful nominees.
- Ballot return deadline.
- June:
- Election results reported to Executive Council.
- Formal election results announced and accepted
at Annual Business Meeting.
- Ballots destroyed.
- Prepare a budget for annual operations and account to
the Treasurer for all expenditures with the necessary supporting
documentation.
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| Membership: |
- Chair: Immediate Past President.
- Members: At least three committee members (additional
as needed) selected by the Chair with the approval of the
President.
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| Tenure: |
- Chair rotates to the succeeding immediate past president;
committee members serve one year, but may be re-appointed.
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| Qualifications: |
- Committee members must be actively participating members
of the Association. It is helpful for the committee as a
unit to know most of the financial aid professionals in
the state.
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| Executive Council Contact: |
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