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2016 Officer Nominations

Dear MALCS Members:

We are excited to announce the call for nominations for the Executive and Coordinating Committees.

In 2016, we are taking nominations for the following two positions: Chair-Elect (three-year term) and one Representative at Large (two-year term).

MALCS will be accepting nominations June 1-June 25, 2016.

We invite all members to participate in the nominations and the elections this year and to consider running for office. MALCS needs your energy, talent, and skills!

The ideal candidate should:

  1. be a current member of MALCS or have been a member in the past.
  2. have served previously in a leadership position with a community and/or an academic organization.
  3. “pledge to acknowledge, value, and employ feminist principles and frameworks in our organizational practices” (article II section 2 of the MALCS bylaws).

Currently, our Nominations Committee is composing a slate of candidates for the election.

If you want to nominate someone else, please make sure this person

1) is or will become a member of MALCS,

2) has agreed to run in our election, and

3) agrees to serve in the leadership of MALCS if elected. Current members may also self-nominate.

Then login to the members-only nominations form below.

Be prepared to submit the following information about a nominee:

  1. Full name (and title, if available)
  2. Their current institution/organization
  3. e-mail address and phone number
  4. Capacity in which this person has worked with MALCS (15 word limit)

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. All nominators and nominees must be current members of MALCS (click here for membership status or renewal).
  2. Each nominee will run for only one position at a time.
  3. The nominations committee will contact each nominee requesting a candidate’s statement (100 word limit) that articulates their interest in and qualifications for serving MALCS. This candidate statement will be due no later June 30, 2016 and it will be available to members during the online voting period.

Elections will take place online: July 5-July 25, 2016.

Sincerely,

Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz, (Chair)
Jean Aguilar-Valdez
Lupe Gallegos-Diaz.
MALCS Nominating Committee
gro.sclamobfsctd-6ebfe4@snoitanimon/archive-2017

Log in to view the nominations form and submit your nominations.