February 15, 2013
Dear
Friends,
Steve Brogden here, president of FAR-West. It is
time once again to elect members to the FAR-West board of directors.
Nominations for board positions are now open.
Jeanette
Lundgren is standing for re-election and we have four additional
positions to fill. Please note that Susie Glaze has decided not to
run again after two terms on the board. Those vacant positions are
Seats 2, 6,11, and 12. Nominations need not be seat-specific.
Here is
a summary of the current board terms with the vacant seats included:
Expires 2013:
Seat 6 Vacant:
Seat 8 Jeanette Lundgren
(OR) meetmepresents@gmail.com
Seat
12 Vacant
Expires
2014:
Seat 1 Steve Brogden - President (CA) brogdenbay@yahoo.com
Seat 2 Vacant: (elect in 2013 for a one year term, expiring in
2014)
Seat 3 Julie Paris - Treasurer (CA)
julie@jrp-graphics.com
Seat
5 Bruce Hayden
(CA)
folkmuse@folkmuse.com
Expires
2015:
Seat 4 Mark Kaufman – (WA) olymusic@comcast.net
As
you know, we are a working board, and in order to strengthen our
organization, we have adopted the following guidelines for board
elections.
Candidates for the FAR-West board must submit a
statement by February 26, 2013 expressing their willingness and
ability to contribute at least an average of ten hours per month to
the organization over the course of a year. This includes attendance
at board teleconferences in the evenings of the first Thursdays of
January, April, July and October.
In their statement, which
is due Feb 26, candidates should state areas of expertise (eg.
fundraising, legal, accounting, etc.) and/or the willingness to take
on a significant area of responsibility (e.g. panels/workshops,
showcases, etc.) for upcoming conferences.
Declining to
submit this statement will cause the board to not recommend this
candidate for election. Statements are due by midnight Feb 26, four
days after nominations close.
ALL
NOMINATIONS AND STATEMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO ME AT
brogdenbay@yahoo.com.
NOMINATIONS ARE DUE BY MIDNIGHT FEBRUARY 22 AND STATEMENTS ARE DUE BY
MIDNIGHT FEB 26.
Election
Procedure:
Candidates must be members of FAR-West. Members
are defined as Folk Alliance International Members in good standing
who live in or have officially affiliated themselves within the
FAR-West Region. It should be noted, too, that ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE
PAID MEMBERS OF FOLK ALLIANCE AS OF MARCH 1, 2013 WILL RECEIVE
BALLOTS.
Members may nominate themselves or others who are
willing to serve.
Here is
the timeline for the elections:
Feb 4,
2013 - nominations open
Feb 22 2013 - nominations close
Feb 26,
2013: candidates statements due
Mar 1, 2013 - voting opens
March
15, 2013 - voting closes
March 22, 2013 (or sooner) - results
announced
April 4, 2013 - first teleconference for new board and
election of officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary and
Treasurer)
Board
members are the people who will decide on and be responsible for the
ongoing success and development of the organization.
A final
thought: If you believe in the goals of FAR-West and don’t feel
like you can take the responsibiity of being a board member, please
volunteer to help us run our annual conference. We are a volunteer
organization and need everyone’s help to put on a successful
conference. Plus, we would like to see FAR-West develop to the point
where we focus on much more than the annual conference. If you go
the following link, you will see many of the volunteer opportunities
available to you: http://www.far-west.org/volunteer.html
Please
contact me at brogdenbay@yahoo.com
if you have any questions. Thank you for your support of FAR-West and
I hope to see each of you during this upcoming year.
Yours in
support of live music,
Steve
Brogden
President,
FAR-West
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http://www.far-west.org/
