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Elections
ICES Elections for Board of Directors
Elections
Elections for ICES Board of Directors and Officers are held annually.
Elections will be held during the General Membership Meeting on Thursday, July 30, 2020, at 7:00 PM in the Carson Banquet Hall of the Grand Sierra Casino and Resort in Reno, Nevada.
Members in good standing 30 days prior to the meeting are eligible to vote.
Absentee Ballot Request - May 1st thru June 20, 2020. Must be Post by July 9, 2020.
Absentee Ballots allows members to vote on the candidates and/or issues as they appear on the ballot(s). Absentee voting allows you complete control over choosing the candidates for whom you wish to vote. Your vote will count if the Absentee Ballot is postmarked by July 9th and received before convention. Please note that by voting absentee, you will have no voice in any items that may be brought to a vote at the General Membership Meeting. You can assign another member your rights to vote by proxy if you would like to have a vote on all matters and any candidates nominated from the floor.
To request an Absentee Ballot, complete the Absentee Ballot Request form. Ballots must be postmarked by July 9, 2020
Proxy Ballots
We are not accepting Proxies for the 2020 ICES Elections due to our Online General Members Meeting.
Running for the Board - January 1st thru July 30th Nominations closes with Floor Nominations
You can make a difference. We need you to help take us into the future and ensure the continued success of ICES.
To run for the ICES Board of Directors, you must:
- You have been a member in good standing of the Societé for at least three (3) consecutive years immediately prior to nomination.
- Have attended one (1) annual meeting (General Membership Meeting) and one (1) midyear or annual representatives’ meeting.
- Understand that if you are elected, you will serve a three-year term during which you will serve on any committees assigned to you and handle all assignments with promptness.
- You further understand that you are to attend all Board of Directors Meetings
- Run for office during your second and third years on the Board and uphold the bylaws of the organization with pride.
Job Description in Brief
An abridged version of all Committees on the ICES Board of Directors may be found on the Job Description in Brief Page. When running for the Board, you will be asked for your top 5 committees you would like to be on and your least 5 favorites. All requests will be taken into consideration, but it is up to the incoming President to appoint committee positions.
BOD Nominations/Acceptance - January 1st thru July 30th Nominations closes with Floor Nominations
This form combines the Officer Nomination and Acceptance forms, Director Nomination and Acceptance forms, and the Committee Preference and Biography forms.
- Nominate and ICES Member to the Board of Directors
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- Only forms submitted before March 15 will appear in the ICES newsletter.
- Any nominations received after March 15th and before 12:00 p.m. ET on the Wednesday of Convention week, will be added to the election ballot, which is printed on the Thursday of Convention.
- Any nominations made after 12:00 p.m. ET on the Wednesday of Convention week must be made as a floor nomination.
- All nominations require a completed nomination form, nominations acceptance form, biography, photograph, and committee preference form. These must be submitted to the Nominations Chairman prior to the beginning of the General Membership Meeting.
- The candidate must be approved by the Nominations Chairman prior to being nominated from the floor.
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- Nominate and Accept yourself for the ICES Board of Directors
- Candidate Nomination Acceptance
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- You will need a Picture and Biography.
- I have been a member in good standing of the Societé for at least three (3) consecutive years immediately prior to nomination.
- Have attended one (1) annual meeting (General Membership Meeting) and one (1) midyear or annual representatives’ meeting.
- I understand that if I am elected, I will serve a three-year term during which I will serve on any committees assigned to me and handle all assignments with promptness.
- I further understand that I am to attend all Board of Directors Meetings
- Run for office during my second and third years on the Board and uphold the bylaws of the organization with pride.
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- Decline the Nomination to serve on the ICES Board of Directors at this time.
BOD Committee Preferences Form - 2nd and 3rd year only
This form is used by current BOD for Accepting another term on the ICES Board of Directors and desired Committee Positions and now has been incorporated in the Nominations and Elections form.