Nominations Committee


Objective:

To select qualified nominees to serve as officers of the VA Section - AWWA and promote Virginia Section candidates to serve on National Committees.

Membership:

This committee consists of the Director and the three (3) most recent Past-Chairs of the VA Section. The Chair of this committee is the senior Past-Chair.

Alternate Committee Members:

If an officer nominee is also a member of the Nominations Committee, the individual shall withdraw from future deliberations and selections regarding the office for which he/she is nominated. The committee member would continue to serve on the committee and would be eligible to vote for the other officer nominees during the selection process.

If one or more committee members become nominated and withdraw from the selection process, the vacant positions on the committee shall be filled as follows:

a.   The first alternate committee member shall be the VA Section Chair.

b.   The second alternate committee member shall be the immediate past Director.

c.   The third alternate committee member shall be the Secretary.

Alternate committee members are only eligible to vote for the officer nominee position which required their ad hoc appointment to the committee.

Reports to:

Past Chair

Duties:

The Committee each year will nominate two (2) candidates for the office of Trustee. Commencing in October 1995, and every third year thereafter, the Committee will nominate a candidate for the office of Treasurer. Commencing in October 1996, and every third year thereafter, the committee will nominate a candidate for the office of Secretary. Consideration shall be given to their past interest in VA Section activities, their ability to serve, and the geographical area they represent.

The candidate for chair-Elect, commencing in October 1997, shall be nominated by the Committee after polling the Board of Trustees and the chairs of all standing committees of the Section except Finance and Fuller Award.

The committee will provide the Board of Trustees and committee chairs a list of eligible candidates after determining their willingness to serve if elected. The committee will determine the criteria for eligibility. Each member of the Board of Trustees and committee chairs will submit to the chair of the Nominations Committee their choice for Chair-Elect.

The Committee, commencing in October 1996, and every third year thereafter, will receive from an ad hoc Committee the nominee's name for the office of Director, whose term commences at the conclusion of the Annual Conference and Exposition the following June. (Article VI, Section 2 of the By-laws.)

The Nomination Committee will commence their task of selecting nominees by January. The committee will meet via telephone or in person and finalize their selection by no later than August 1.