Procedure for Electing Members to the ACA Board of Directors Each year the active adult membership of the ACA will elect four directors based on the updated region alignment. The ACA regions are as follows: • Northwest (states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington & Wyoming) • Southwest (states of Arizona, California, Kansas, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas & Utah) • Northeast (states of Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont & Wisconsin) • Southeast (states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia & West Virginia) The nomination and election procedure is outlined below: 1) A nominating petition, which appears in the August ACJ, must be completed and returned to the Association office by Sept. 15, 2021. 2) Ballots with the names of the nominees will be mailed to the ACA membership on Oct. 1, 2021.
3) The ballots must be returned to auditing agency. All ballots must be postmarked ON or BEFORE October 20, 2021. 4) The candidate receiving the most votes from each region, or for the at-large positions, will be declared the winner. 5) Each active ACA member may cast one vote for each at-large director position open each year and one vote for the regional director of his or her particular region when being elected. Board of Director positions up for election this year, 2021, are the Northeast Region and three (3) at-large positions. All directors will be elected for a three-year term. No more than four (4) persons from the same region shall serve on the Board of Directors at any one time. If you live in the Northeast Region and wish to nominate an active ACA member within that region, please complete the form below. If you wish to nominate an at-large director, please use the nomination form below. Larry Garrett is eligible for re-election. Due to term limits, Lyle Sexton, Mike Stoppel & Rob Sheets are not eligible for re-election.
ACA Board of Directors Nominating Petition The person named below is being nominated to be a director for: (Check appropriate line)
Northeast Region
At-Large • Please see above for states within each region
Name of Nominee
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Other Telephone
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The undersigned hereby nominates the above named person as a candidate for election to the ACA Board of Directors for the named region or at-large. (Please print & sign your name)
Nominee must be endorsed by three active members of the ACA. If the nomination is for the directorship of a region, all three persons endorsing the nominee must be ACA members from said region.
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ACA Member Number
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ACA Member Number
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I hereby agree to faithfully perform all duties of the ACA Board of Directors if elected to serve.
Signature of Nominee
Date Submitted SEPTEMBER 2021 | CHIANINA JOURNAL |
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