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Maricopa County Bar Association
Board of Directors Election
CANDIDATE INFORMATION
Candidates for MCBA Board of Directors Invited to Declare
The Rules (excerpted from the MCBA Bylaws)
Board of Directors Election Policies and Procedures (MCBA Bylaws)
A. General policies
B. Candidate Election Materials
Candidates for MCBA Board of Directors Invited to Declare
Members interested in running for one of five available seats on the MCBA Board are invited to declare their candidacy.
Incumbents are: Comm. Keelan S. Bodow, LaShawn Jenkins, T.J. Ryan, and Jenny Winkler.
Each of the five positions consists of a two-year term beginning in 2011. Board members attend monthly meetings, liaise with one or more MCBA sections, divisions, or committees and support the work of the Association.
Candidates must be licensed Arizona attorneys, active members of the MCBA, and in good standing with both MCBA and the State Bar of Arizona.
Candidates are asked to:
(1) submit a letter of candidacy to MCBA Executive Director, Allen W. Kimbrough, either by email or postal mail: MCBA, 303 E. Palm Lane, Phoenix, AZ 85004-1532 or akimbrough@maricopabar.org no later than 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2010.
(2) Additonal required election materials--a 200-word bio and a color jpeg photograph (see details here)--must be submitted by email only to Isolde Davidson at idavidson@maricopabar.org no later than 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2010. The photo must be sent as an attachment--not embedded in the email.
The Rules (excerpted from the MCBA Bylaws)
1. The management of all the business and affairs of this Association shall be conducted by the Board of Directors, which Board shall consist of ten Directors in addition to the President, President Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, and Immediate Past President, and the Presidents of the Association’s Young Lawyers Division, Corporate Counsel Division, Paralegal Division and Public Lawyers Division.
2. No officer, member of the Board, or President of the Young Lawyers Division, Corporate Counsel Division, Paralegal Division or Public Lawyers Division shall be entitled to more than one vote by virtue of service in a capacity entitled to a vote as a member of the Board of Directors pursuant to these bylaws. A President of the Association's Young Lawyers Division, Corporate Counsel Division, or Public Lawyers Division who is also an officer or elected member of the Board of Directors may designate the President-Elect of such division to attend board meetings and to vote in his or her place as President of that division.
3. The President may appoint a Leadership Development Committee consisting of not more than six members of this Association, at least three of whom shall be Directors or Officers, whose responsibility it shall be to encourage full participation by all interested persons in the election process and to recruit candidates should the self-nominated candidates number fewer than five (5) persons. The efforts of the Leadership Development Committee shall be to encourage candidates who are the best-qualified for a seat on the Board of Directors and who reflect the diversity of the Association’s membership.
4. MCBA members eligible to stand for election to the Board of Directors, or vote for Board of Directors candidates, are attorneys licensed by the State Bar of Arizona and in good standing with both the State Bar and the MCBA.
5. Members shall be notified of the opportunity to become applicants no later than July 1 of each year. Applicants seeking to run for election to the Board of Directors shall submit a letter of candidacy along with additional materials as detailed in Appendix A “MCBA Election Policies and Procedures” to this Association no later than September 15.
6. Five members of the Board shall be elected by plurality vote each year for a term of two (2) years by written or electronic ballot, made available to all members entitled to vote, on or before November 1 of each year. The ballot shall provide that each voter may cast one vote for one or more candidates up to the number of Directors to be elected. The ballot shall also provide for write-in votes. Any tie vote shall be resolved by coin toss or high card draw. Voting shall end on the last day of November.
7. The term of the members of the Board of Directors shall begin January 1 of each year following the annual election. Directors may serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Board of Directors Election Policies and Procedures (from the MCBA Bylaws)
A. General policies
1. Required election material must be submitted electronically, as detailed in Section B (with the exception of the formal letter of candidacy, which may be mailed), and all materials must be received by Sept. 15.
2. Submitted biographies that exceed the 200 word limit may be edited by staff.
3. Position statements and any other campaign or election materials may not refer to other candidates nor include defamatory or inappropriate language, as determined by an ad hoc Election Review Committee appointed by the President of the Association.
B. Candidate Election Materials
The following materials are required from candidates no later than September 15:
1. A signed letter formally declaring candidacy for the Board of Directors, with the candidate’s signature and addressed to the Executive Director. This document may be submitted electronically as a pdf document, but a mailed paper version is also acceptable.
2. A 200-word biographical statement. This bio may include an optional “position statement” of the candidate’s vision and priorities for the MCBA. This information must be submitted electronically as an attachment to an e-mail, preferably in MS Word. Regardless of what is included in the biography, the word limit total is 200 words as counted electronically in MS Word. MCBA staff may edit bios exceeding the limit. (Please note that a standard-form resume or curriculum vitae are not acceptable.)
3. A color photograph in JPG format, sent as an attachment to an e-mail. The photo format must be JPG, no other types of files or format can be accepted. Please note that photos taken directly off a website are of very poor quality and normally unusable.
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