Call for Nominations to the PIEA Board of Directors, 2009

The Nominations Committee is now seeking names to be considered for President Elect, Vice President, and Director at Large for 2009. Traditionally the office of President Elect has alternated annually between K-12 teachers and college instructors, in an effort to maintain fair representation of the two areas. In following that precedent, nominees for President Elect for 2009 should come from the college and university level. The other nominees may come from either area. Names should be submitted by October 1, 2008 to Lex Youngman, Chair of the Committee, at .

The President Elect serves a three-year term - one as President Elect, one as President and one as Past President. The Vice President and Director at Large serve two-year terms that will begin in March 2009 and end at the PIEA Business meeting in March 2011.

Qualifications: Board members are not in a separate category from other members; they are simply photo educators who have been willing to contribute their time and talents so that PIEA can continue to better serve its members in their professional and creative pursuits. The essential qualification for any Board position is a willingness to serve with their colleagues to:

     •      strengthen PIEA as a support and resource for its members

    •       explore and implement ways to help members become more effective photo educators

    •     guide PIEA’s growth as a truly international organization

Duties: Contact the chair or any of the officers for a current list of duties.

Process: Names of potential candidates can be submitted in either of two ways:

           •Nominate a person you feel would serve well on the Board. That person must have agreed to serve prior to the nomination.

• Nominate yourself. If you’d like to make a contribution to PIEA’s mission, we encourage you to submit your own name. Don’t be shy! Anyone who is a photo educator already has what it takes to be a successful leader.

Here’s how to nominate:

Submit names to the Nominations Committee in care of Lex Youngman at . Please indicate which office you or your nominees would serve in, include a short supporting statement, along with a home phone number for the nominee. (That contact information makes the Committee’s job SO much easier, and it will not be shared with anyone else.)

Schedule:

• October 1, 2009: Committee receives and reviews list of nominees. Two to three final candidates for each office are submitted for inclusion on the ballot.

• November 2008: Ballots mailed to members.

• January 23, 2009: Deadline for receipt of ballots

• March 4, 2009: New Board members are announced at the Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV