Annotated Index to the NEA Minutes
12. Nominations, Elections, Appointments
Only paid-up members will be considered for office. [9/27/73, p. 2]
Board interested in encouraging members to communicate their own nominations (of willing candidates) to the nominating committee to be incorporated in a mail ballot to be sent to all members in good standing and voted on prior to annual meeting. [10/18/75, p. 1]
Nominating Committee be appointed as soon after annual meeting as possible. [4/30/77, p. 1]
Nominating Committee should include a past officer. [4/30/77, p. 1]
Ballot position should be determined by chance. [4/30/77, p. 1]
Ballots should include brief biographies and statements by candidates. [4/30/77, p. 1]
Candidates should be informed of results of the election before annual meeting. [6/24/77, p. 2]
Ballots mailed first class in March to currently paid up members. [1/19/79]
Motion made and passed by membership that in the event of a second tie in the voting for an officer, the matter should be settled by the Chairman of the Nominating Committee drawing straws. [4/27/79]
Ballots shall be sent only to those members whose dues have been received by March 1st. [11/16/79, p. 1]
Questions similar to those used by SAA should be put to the candidates and their answers should be included with the ballot. [1/18/80]
Candidates for 1981 election asked to respond to given question and to provide biographical information by December 19th. The January issue of the Newsletter published the slate which also included a call for further nominations from the membership. Any name receiving 10% or more nominations from the membership will be added to the ballot. These names must be received 60 days before the election to be placed on the ballot. [9/19/80]
Ballots should include a statement from the Nominating Committee on their procedures. [9/19/80, p. 4]
The outgoing representative-at-large will automatically serve on the Nominating Committee. [10/8/81, p. 6]
Lists generated from the names of write-in candidates on the ballots will be compiled by the Chair of the Nominating Committee and given to the incoming president to be later given to the Nominating Committee for the next election. [1/14/83, p. 6]
Three-year appointment of Marjorie Duval to represent NEA on the SAA Regional Archival Activities Committee. She is to report to NEA Board at least once a year. [1/14/83, p.3]
Ballots will be sent only to those members whose dues are postmarked on or before March 1st. Ballots must be postmarked on or before the deadline date for returns in order to be counted. [4/13/83, p. 4]
The Nominating Committee should not announce actual vote totals for any office, either to the Board or to the membership, but this information should be included in the copy of the report sent to the NEA archives. [4/13/83, p. 4]
The Nominating Committee should include a former president or other former elected officer of the Board. [4/13/83, p. 4]
The Nominating Committee is charged with coming up with a statement for the candidates to answer, will send out the ballots, count them, and report the results to the Board. [6/22/84, p. 4]
The president will appoint someone as public relations officer who would work with the Task Force on Archives and Society. [6/22/84, p. 4]
Authorized appointment of a committee to examine the existing job descriptions, contact other regionals for their descriptions, and give a preliminary report at the next Board meeting, with a final report due at the end of April. The committee could refine descriptions for permanent committees and possibly devise general rules to govern ad hoc committees. [11/2/84, p. 2]
Stuart Campbell of Clark University is the Public Relations Officer. In addition to working with the Task Force on Archives and Society, he will be creating a list of other organizations, newspapers, etc., to which NEA could send press releases and notices. [11/2/84, p. 5]
All camera-ready copy should be provided to Printing Coordinator at least two or three weeks before it needs to be mailed out. She will see to printing and mailing. [11/2/84, p.5]
The Job Description Committee will look into the need to rewrite or clarify job descriptions and policies for persons and committees, and will determine if the existing policy manual needs codification. [2/8/85, p. 6]
The President will establish a Task Force on Administration charged with looking at the job descriptions and charges to committees, the final written report due by June 1987. [10/24/86, p. 2]
Approved establishment of a permanent Committee on Outreach to act on some of the recommendations of the Task Force on Archives and Society. A formal charge will be presented at the January meeting. [10/24/86]
Approved establishment of a permanent Committee on Professional Development. Charge to be presented at next meeting. [10/24/87]
Approved the charge for the Task Force on Administration. [1/16/87]
Approved the charge for the Committee on Outreach as amended. [1/16/87, pp.1-2]
Extend the application period for volunteers to include all applications received through 20 July. [5/15/1987, p. 5]
Appointments ratified for Barbara Trippel Simmons, Education Coordinator (3 yrs); Joseph Constance, Newsletter Editor (2 yrs); James O'Toole, NEA CRAA Rep; Patricia Bodak Stark, Treasurer (until Sprint 1988). [7/24/87, p. 2]
Approves establishment of service award. Committee to be appointed. [7/24/87, p. 5]
Approves establishment of Bylaw Revision Committee. Committee to be appointed. [7/24/87, p. 5]
Approves establishment of a Long Range Planning Committee. [7/24/87, p. 5]
Accepted the report of the Task Force on Administration with amendment that recommendation #11 refers to the NEA GAP report; that #6 will say "review" instead of "revise". [7/24/87, p.5]
Approved appointments of Marjorie Duval, Nominating Committee and Anne Ostendarp, NEA Archivist. [10/23/87, p. 1]
Accepted the charge of the Long Range Planning Committee with the following changes:
- add "to recommend priorities" before "to achieve continuity"
- change "devising" to "recommending". [10/23/87, p. 2]
Members of Long Range Planning include: Joan Krizack, Bruce Stark, Elizabeth Mock, Phil Cronenwett, Gregory Sanford, and one member to be announced. [1/15/88, p. 1]
Accepted the Service Award as proposed. [1/15/88]
Julie Cox hired as the Archival Education Specialist. [1/15/88, p. 2]
Approved proposed plans of the Joint Haas Award Committee. [1/15/88, p. 4]
Difficulties of getting members to be candidates noted. [11/2/89, p. 4]
Discussion of difficulties with nominations (in general) and nominating procedure. [1/12/90, pp. 3, 4]
Problem presented by the By-Laws raised: candidates must win by a majority vote which may not happen in a close election. Suggested problem be discussed in Newsletter. [4/27/90, p. 3]
Parliamentary question concerning term limitations decided. [7/13/90, p. 3]
Discussion of report, including difficulty of conducting Committee business long distance. [10/26/90, p. 3]
Discussion of publication of photographs of candidates with their statements; this is done to aid NEA members in identifying candidates. [4/26/91, p. 3]
Question posed to candidates took into account 20th anniversary of NEA. It was: After 20 years what is left to learn? [1/10/92, p. 2]
Guideline established that in cases of appointments to fill vacancies on committees, if the term is more than a year-- the vacancy will be filled until the end of the term; if less than a year-- the president and vice-president will agree on a candidate. [11/13/92, p. 2]
NEA representative to SAA reported that the attendance at the meeting was so low that presidents of the regionals will be asked to change the format of the meetings. [11/13/92, p. 6]
Board of Library Commissioners will take over goals of the Library Leader's Conference making it unnecessary for NEA to have a representative. [11/13/92, p. 7]
Recommendation for change in format of ballot. [4/30/93, p. 2]
Resolution to thank members who run for office approved. [4/30/93, p. 2]
Board presented Spring 1994 ballot. It was noted that the most common reason for an individual not running for office was the lack of institutional support. [1/21/94, p. 3]
Recommendation that meeting packets include separate form listing committees and offices available. [1/21/94, p. 3]
Suggestion to solicit interest in running for office through a separate mailing or tear-off in the newsletter. [4/29/94, p. 3]
The board voted to accept the nominations of Christopher Beam and Leith Johnson for Vice President, Aimee Felker and Yvonne Fettweis, Treasurer, Lizette Pelletier and May Lee Tom or James Owens and Elaine Trehub for Rep-at-Large. [2/3/95, p. 2]
Results of election announced: Chris Beam, VP; Elaine Trehub and Jim Owens, Reps-at-Large. 1/3 of the ballots were returned. [5/5/95, P. 3]
Joan Krizack withdrew her name as candidate for President. 202 ballots were returned. Julie Bressor, VP/President Elect; Beth Patkus, Secretary; and Greg Colati Rep-at-Large were the winners. [4/26/96, p. 2]
Several Board members expressed concern about the candidates question (on the Task Force on Future Directions) developed by the Nominating Committee. The Board voted to respectfully request that the Committee try to rewrite the question. [10/25/96, p. 6-7]
The Board discussed the relationship between the Board and committees, in the context of disagreement over the candidate question sent out by the Nominating Committee. [2/7/97, p. 4]
Result of the election announced: 46% of ballots were returned and the winners were Ed Desrochers, VP; Leith Johnson, Treasurer; and Jane Ward, Rep-at-Large. [4/25/97, p. 3]
Approval of Maureen Melton as Education Committee chair, Susan von Salis as Outreach Committee chair, and Leith Johnson and Jane Ward as co-chairs of the 25th anniversary meeting local arrangements committee. [7/16/97, p. 1]
Discussion of using photos on the ballot; consensus that photos received should be printed and all candidates should be encouraged to submit them. [7/16/97, p. 1]
Vote to approve Tracy Croce from the Rhode Island State Archives as a newsletter editor for the term of January 1998 - January 2001. [10/24/97, p. 2]
Vote to approve the slate of candidates for the Spring 1998 election: Jean Berry and Susan von Salis for Vice President/President-Elect; Kevin Logan and Beth Patkus for Secretary; and Kathryn Hammond Baker, Peter Carini, Peter Drummey, and Joan Krizack for Representative-at-Large. [10/24/97, p. 4]
Vote to approve the appointment of Aimee Felker as Public Relations Coordinator. [10/24/97, p. 6]
Greg Colati appointed chair of the Hale Award Committee. [1/28/98, p. 4]
Results of the election announced: 210 out of 417 ballots were returned and winners were Jean Berry, Vice President/President-Elect; Beth Patkus, Secretary; and Kathryn Hammond Baker and Joan Krizack, Representative-at-Large. [4/24/98, p. 3]
Maxine Trost approved by the Board via email as program committee chair for the Spring 1999 meeting. [7/17/98, p. 2]
Jane Ward approved by the Board via email as local arrangements committee chair for the Spring 1999 meeting. [7/17/98, p. 2]
Sarah Demb appointed as a Newsletter editor for the term of November 1998 - November 2001. [10/30/98, p. 6]
Vote to change the Nominating Committee's job description to say that the wording of the candidates question must be approved by the Board at its Fall meeting. [10/30/98, p. 6]
Anne Sauer appointed membership secretary. [10/30/98, p. 8]
Liz Andrews and Sheri Kelley appointed co-chairs of the membership committee. [10/30/98, p. 8]
Vote to approve Roberta Ransley and Bill Ross as program chair and local arrangements chair for the Fall 1999 meeting. [1/8/99, p. 3]
Vote to approve Jane Ward as local arrangements chair for the Spring 2000 meeting. [1/8/99, p. 3]
Vote to appoint an ad hoc committee to investigate ways to better use the NEA web site as past of a larger investigation into the ways NEA communicates with members and nonmembers. [1/8/99, p. 6]
Slate of candidates for Spring 2000 election presented. Committee not yet able to find candidates for Treasurer. Board to vote on slate by email. [1/8/99, p. 7]
Vote to approve MaryAnn Campbell and Donna Webber as program co-chairs for the Spring 2000 meeting. [4/9/99, p. 3]
Vote to approve Mark Savolis as local arrangements chair and Daria D'Arienzo as program chair for the Fall 2000 meeting. [4/9/99, p. 3]
Vote to approve Diane Kaplan and Anne Marie Makarenko as local arrangements co-chairs and Donna Longo DiMichele as program chair for the Fall 2001 meeting. [4/9/99, p. 3]
Winners of the Spring 1999 election were: Aimee Felker, VP/President-Elect; MaryAnn Campbell, Treasurer; and Kevin Logan, Representative at Large. [4/9/99, p. 5]
Vote to establish a Web Committee comprised of the Co-Webmasters, the Web Coordinator, a representative from the Ad Hoc Committee, and a member of the Board. [7/12/99, p. 3]
Vote to appoint Debbie Richards as Co-Webmaster and Lisa Plato as Web Coordinator. [7/12/99, p. 3]
Jim O'Toole and Megan Sniffin-Marinoff will serve on the Nominating Committee for 1999-2000. [7/12/99, p. 3]
Vote to approve the appointments of Dan McCormack as Public Relations Coordinator and Steve Cohen as a member of the Haas Award Committee. [7/12/99, p. 8]
Vote to approve Cally Gurley and Margot Garritt as candidates for Representative at Large, and Diana Smith and Lois Hamill as candidates for Secretary. [11/5/99, p. 2]
Vote to approve Anne Ostendarp and Phil Cronenwett as local arrangements chairs and Diana Royce Barnard and Mollie Keller as program chairs for the Spring 2001 meeting. [11/5/99, p. 2]
Vote to approve the appointment of Angela Reddin to replace Judy Farrar as a Newsletter editor. [11/5/99, p. 4]
Vote to approve the appointments of Ron Patkus as Development Coordinator, Glynn Edwards as Co-Webmaster, and Lisa Plato as Web Coordinator. [11/5/99, p. 6]
Vote to approve William Ross at UNH and Christine Weideman at Yale as candidates for Vice President/President Elect. [2/4/00, p. 1]
Vote to approve Daniel Daily as interim Representative at Large, to serve until the spring 2000 election. [2/4/00, p. 1]
Vote to approve Daniel Daily at Dartmouth and Richard Stattler at RI Historical Society as candidates for Representatives at Large to fill Kevin Logan's vacated position. [2/4/00, p. 1]
Vote to approve the creation of a permanent Web Committee as proposed by the temporary Web Committee. [2/4/00, p. 2]
Vote to approve Ron Potvin and Evelyn Cherpak as Local Arrangements co-chairs and Judith Downey as Program Committee co-chair for the Spring 2002 meeting. [2/4/00, p. 4]
Vote to approve Judith Downey as Local Arrangements co-chair for the Spring 2003 meeting. [2/4/00, p. 4]
Vote to approve the appointment of Joanie Gearin to fill the vacant spot on the Newsletter editorial board. [2/4/00, p. 6]
Sense of the Board that holding two positions simultaneously should be a personal choice, so long as one is not a voting member of the Board. [2/4/00, p. 6]
Vote to appoint Susan von Salis for another term as Outreach Committee chair. [2/4/00, p.6]
Vote to appoint Maureen Melton for another term as Education Committee chair. [2/4/00, p. 6]
Winners of the Spring 2000 election were: Bill Ross, Vice President/President-Elect; Diana Smith, Secretary; Cally Gurley, Representative at Large; and Rick Stattler, Representative at Large. [4/28/00, p. 1]
Vote to approve Mark Young as chair of the Local Arrangements Committee for the NEA meeting in Newport, Spring 2002. [4/28/00, p.1]
Vote to approve the appointment of Leah Weisse as co-chair of the membership committee. [4/28/00, p. 6]
Vote to approve Dan Daily as the next newsletter editor. [7/31/00, item 2]
Vote to approve Deborah Richards as the Web Coordinator. [7/31/00, item 2]
Vote to accept Sean Fisher, Janet Roberts, and Patty Stark to serve with Jean Berry on the Nominating Committee. [7/31/00, item 26]
Vote to approve Nanci Young and Rutherford Witthus as co-chairs of the Fall 2001 Local Arrangements Committee. [10/20/00, item 21]
Vote to approve Jane Ward as Development Coordinator. [10/20/00, item 21]
Vote to approve addition of Jessica Steytler and Jen Lyons to the Outreach Committee. [10/20/00, item 21]
Vote to approve Lois Hamill as Haas Committee Representative. [10/20/00, item 21]
Vote to approve Kate Bowers, Tom Hyry, Lisa Long, Anthony Reed, Suzy Taraba, and Christine Weideman to the Fall 2001 Program Committee, and Vivien Goldman to the Education Committee. [10/20/00, item 26]
Vote to approve the 2001 candidate slate and question. [1/22/01, item 2]
Vote to approve Deborah Richards as the Membership Secretary. [1/22/01, item 14]
Vote to approve Susan von Salis as Chair of the Task Force on Organizational Efficiency. [1/22/01, item 15]
Immediate Past President to investigate change to a non-contested slate. [1/22/01, item 23]
Vote to approve the appointment of Barbara Austen as Co-Chair of the Fall 2002 Program Committee. [1/22/01, item 27]
Vote to approve Jean Berry as Clerk. [1/22/01, item 28]
Vote to renew Diana Yount as Print Coordinator. [1/22/01, item 29]
Winners of the 2001 NEA election are: Joan Krizack, Vice President; Liz Andrews, Treasurer; Paul Carnahan and Peter Parker, Representatives-at-Large. [5/4/01, item 3]
Vote to approve Leah Weisse and Gregor Trinkaus-Randall to Nominating Committee. [7/13/01, item 3]
Vote to appoint Karen Spicher Education Committee Chair. [7/13/01, item 10]
Vote to approve Donna Longo DiMichele, chair, R. Gwenn Stearn, Donna Webber, Jeffrey Marshall, Jeffrey Makala, David Weaver, and Lois Hamill to the Spring 2002 program committee. [7/13/01, item 12]
Vote to approve Kathryn Hammond Baker program committee chair and Jeannette Bastian local arrangements chair for the Spring 2003 meeting. [7/13/01, item 12]
Vote to approve Ellen Dyer, Christopher Burns, Joan Gearin, Eliot Wilchek, Ellen Doon, and Chris Weideman as program committee for Spring 2003. [7/13/01, item 12]
Vote to approve Jane Ward and Rick Stattler, co-chairs, Bob Schnare, Evelyn Cherpak, Tara Hurt as the Spring 2002 local arrangements committee. [7/13/01, item 13]
Vote to appoint Christopher Burns NEA Newsletter editor. [7/13/01, item 17]
Vote to appoint Jessica Steytler Co-Chair of the Outreach Committee. [10/26/01, item 4]
Vote to approve Claire Goodwin, Rachel Wise, Anne Vosikas, Vivien Goldman, Douglas Stark, and Nora Murphy to the Spring 2003 local arrangements committee. [10/26/01, item 12]
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