Nominating Committee Chair is to be chosen by end of MidWinter Conference if not earlier.

Schedule for Work
1. Nominating Chair will be introduced to the larger community at Orientation Meeting. People who are interested in serving on the Executive Committee should speak with the Nominating Chair.

2. Day 1: Chair picks committee. Members must have attended 3 of last 5 conferences.

3. Day 2: Committee announced at Announcements in morning toward the beginning of the summer conference.

4. Chair and Committee work to develop list of candidates for Executive Committee position, working with current Executive Committee members. The committee should be prepared to make its recommendation to the Executive Committee by mid-week (Thursday?).


Things to be considered:
1. The only position for which nominations must be made is that of new Executive Committee member. This person replaces the one current member who is finishing a three year term.

2. The executive committee itself needs to appoint a program chair, secretary and treasurer-. One of the reasons for dialogue between the nominating and Executive Committees is to avoid overlap between their work.

3. The Nominee, if elected, must be able to meet regularly with other members (the participation of Ron Cooke on the Committee in recent years suggests that the committee can be flexible about its meetings both in terms of time and place.)

4. The Nominee must be able to work with other members of the Executive Committee, thus another reason for consulting with Exec Committee during process.

5. The Nom. Committee needs to be part of the process of cultivating new and renewed leadership at the Conference; and considering the talents and connections of the current Exec. Committee is necessary if the new Nominee is to complement their strengths.

6. The Community can be seen in some ways to consist of different constituencies (historically, geographic in some cases, in other cases based on affiliations within the community) and there is some effort to acknowledge these constituencies in either the Exec. Com. or in other leadership positions in conference.

7. The Nom. Chair is often not someone intimately a part of the planning of the conference and therefore often in need of guidance from others more active about the leadership abilities and commitment of prospective Nominees.

8. The Nom. Chair should probably pick a committee of 3 to 5 additional members and seek some diversity in that group as well to broaden the conversation about potential Nominees.

9. There is an ongoing interest in having some balance by gender and age among the leadership, especially on the Executive Committee.

10. It is recommended that the Chair of the Nom. Com. be the line of the communication with the Exec. Com (which itself should meet with Nom. Chair or designate one of its members to communicate with Chair.), and that the Chair be the person who consults with prospective Nominees (only after the Committee has decided on its preferred candidates). Before the final Nominee is given to the Exec. Com. the Chair must have cleared with the Nominee his or her willingness to take on the position. Frequently, Nominees have asked for a day or so to consider the possibility and sometimes to research the amount of work involved.

The Nom. Chair should be familiar enough with the Exec. Committee work to describe it to prospective nominees. It is not uncommon to ask the prospective nominee to talk with an Exec. Committee member before they decide to take on the task.