museumsalaska

PLEASE NOMINATE OR SELF-NOMINATE CANDIDATES WHO WILL REPRESENT YOUR INTEREST ON MUSEUM ISSUES.

Museums Alaska is seeking to fill three open seats on the Board of Directors at the October Annual Meeting in Sitka. Terms run from 2012-2015.

Deadline for nominations is September 9, 2012.

A Museums Alaska board member can serve two 3-years terms; must be a member in good standing; receives no compensation; must attend the annual meeting and three quarterly teleconferences; serves on one or more committees; and works to effectively promote Museums Alaska to the membership and other agencies and organizations. The procedure for submitting nominations is as follows:  a member may nominate another person with that person’s consent, or a member may self-nominate.  All nominations must be accompanied by a 100-word biography narrative statement with one to two sentences about why he/she wants to serve on the Board. All nomination materials below should be emailed or mailed to the contact address below.

The nomination process will be open from Friday, August 24 thru Sunday, September 9, 2012.  A slate of candidates will be sent to you by email by September 12, and voting by an email return message will take place from September 12—October 11, 2012. Paper ballots will also be available at the Annual Meeting in Sitka October 10-12.  Newly elected board members will be announced at the Annual Business Meeting on October 12, 2012.