2010 Nominations Open for the 2011+ Board of Directors
Are you interested in serving on the Board of Directors?
Nominations are open for officers to serve the chapter 2011-2012 for Vice Presidents and 2011-2013 for Directors-at-Large. The election process is underway in accordance with the PMIWDC Bylaws and in line with association practices. If eligible and interested, you can become a nominee in one of two ways: either through the Nominating Committee process or by petition. The deadline for consideration is September 3.
The following positions are available to be filled by nomination and election:
- VP Finance
- VP Local Communities
- VP Marketing/Public Relations
- VP Membership
- VP Networking Programs
- VP Outreach
- Directors-at-Large (3): 3-year term
How to Apply
There are two ways to be nominated for a board position: by nomination, or by petition.
Members who express interest before September 3rd may be nominated by the "Nomination Committee Process" below.
Members who express interest after September 3rd must complete the petition process.
Instructions for both processes are below.
Nomination Committee Process:
Meet the requirements for eligibility and submission of items.Submit the following by email to nominations@pmiwdc.org - No Later Than September 3, 2010
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A digital photograph to be used if selected to run for the slot.
Petition Process
Submit a petition to the Nominating Committee with signatures from at least 5% of the chapter membership.
- Official membership number as of the end of June 2010 was 8,580, so 5% would be 429 signatures that would be required.
- On each page, the petition must contain your name, your PMI number, and the position for which you wish to compete.
- Signatures on the petition must identify the name of the signer, both printed and signature, their PMI number, their email address and phone number.
- The signed petition is due to the Nominating Committee (nominations@pmiwdc.org) by October 19 (the date of the October Chapter dinner meeting), 5:00 pm. A downloadable form is provided (MS Word).
Directors at Large (3)
Directors-at-Large shall exercise independent accountability and responsibility on matters of governance and oversight in the best interest of the membership ensuring that activities and decisions are in alignment with the Chapter Charter, Bylaws, vision, and mission statements. It is recommended that Directors-at-Large have previous experience serving at least one year as a volunteer in a leadership role for a PMI component. The position is for a three-year term, with the option of running for one additional term.Vice Presidents (6)
Vice Presidents shall have had previous service to the Chapter as a Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Event Project Manager, or Committee Chair prior to installation and shall be elected by the general membership for a term of two years. Terms shall be staggered such that elections are held for half the Vice Presidents each year. An individual may not hold any specific Vice President position for more than two consecutive terms.The VP Local Communities role owns all non-revenue generating recurring events of 1-2 PDUs and shall include the luncheon programs and calendar, and other PMI community programs.
The VP Marketing/Public Relations role shall include sponsorship acquisition and management, promotional materials, advertisement sales, vendor activities, chapter brochures, flyers, etc., and external advertising and press relations, and Chapter presence at meetings and within publications.
The VP Membership role shall include enrollment and retention, membership recognition, benefits tracking, networking programs, member information management, surveys, and other relevant membership issues.
The VP Networking Programs role shall include dinner programs and calendar, breakfast programs and calendar, speaker acquisition, database records, and other 1-2 hour programs, e.g. PMTools.
The VP Outreach role shall include corporate programs, community programs, high school and college outreach, chapter-to-chapter programs, strategic alliances, and PMI communities of practice alliances (formerly Special Interest Groups).
Please send questions and forms to Barbara Polansky at nominations@pmiwdc.org
