This year, Society members will elect ONE candidate to serve three-year term.
This is a “working board” and nominees should have or be willing to learn specific skills. Nominees should speak to their qualifications related to one or more of the following areas in the candidate statement, and we will ask membership to consider a candidate’s abilities when voting.
We are particularly looking for nominees with skills in or who are willing to learn:
· website maintenance and membership communications
· conference and event planning
· financial/treasury management
· administering grants/awards
Talk with your Hemingway colleagues; survey the field. The nomination period will run from Thursday October 1st – Thursday October 15th. Members will be able to vote online from Thursday November 5th – 12:00 am Monday, November 30th (US Eastern Time Zone). Only members in good standing will be able to vote. To retain your membership privileges, including voting rights in Society elections, be sure that your membership has not expired. You may check your renewal date by logging on to www.hemingwaysociety.org.
You should send your nominations and questions to Sharon Hamilton (livesliterary@gmail.com), who is chairing the Nominating Committee. All members in good standing with the Society are eligible to be nominated for a position on the Board. Each candidate should be nominated by two Society Members. Be sure in your nomination to include the nominees’ contact information. To accompany the ballot, nominees will be asked to provide short, first-person written biographical narratives (approx. 250-300 words), which should speak to their qualifications in one or more of the above-mentioned areas of need. For examples of past candidate statements please come back again soon.
Voting will open on Thursday November 5th, and remain open until Monday, November 30 at 12:00 am.