Nominating Committee

Duties and Responsibilities

The Nominating Committee is charged with the very important task of nominating six (6) people for the Board of Directors' annual election. The NCA Board has spelled out a detailed procedural policy. Essentially it involves putting announcements in Newf Tide and Regional Club bulletins to solicit nominees, writing Board members whose terms are expiring to see if they want to be considered, and proposing other worthy candidates. Through mail meetings the committee weighs the merits of all possible nominees and votes for the six (6) they feel most qualified. The slate is sent to the Recording Secretary.

The Chair continues to function until a new Chair (pro-tem Chair) is appointed in order to make a smooth transition.

History & Board Actions

V11.3 06/17/80
Committee established to establish a nominating committee guide.
V13.3 04/25/82
The Nominating Committee Guidelines were accepted, noting a change only to paragraph III in deleting the words "and approximately thirty (30) days postmark of written requests to Regional Club Secretaries."
V18.2 05/22/87
Ad hoc committee appointed to review nominating process.
V18.4 11/07/87
Nominating Committee Chair to be appointed at Fall Board meeting. Chair responsible for submitting notices to Newf Tide soliciting nominees and for receiving nominations.
V19.4 11/12/88
Board appointed a committee pro-tem to initiate the nominating process. This committee will be prepared to assume the full duties of the Nominating Committee. They will be charged with fulfilling the complete work of the Nominating Committee when officially appointed.
V20.4 11/04/89
Nominating Committee shall review the attendance record of incumbent board members before selecting nominees.
V27.1 11/03/95
Several changes to existing guidelines approved and incorporated.
V28.1 11/23/97
Article X modified to have the final slate of nominees to the Recording Secretary by August 1 in order that slate can be distributed to the membership by September 15 (Constitution and By Laws requirement).
V33.3 4/25/02 (Annual Meeting)
Candidates for election in 2002 in addition to 300 word biographical sketch answer the following questions:
1. What are the two most important issues NCA faces and how would you solve them?
2. What is your position on purchasing dogs at auction.
V34.4 5/27/03
Candidates for election may respond, in 300 words or less, to the following question:
What do you think are the two biggest problems facing the NCA and/or facing the Newfoundland breed and how would you solve them?
11/4/05: require the Nominating Committee Chair, within five days of announcing their selection to the Board, to notify those people they have selected and not selected. If the Chair cannot accomplish this task within the proscribed time period, then the Chair should send a note to all Board members that problems have arisen and give an estimated time frame of when the task will be accomplished. If the Chair cannot perform these tasks he/she will promptly delegate them to a committee member who can.

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Nominating Committee Guidelines

Nominating Forms- Petition & Acceptance Letter

Current Activities

September 1, 2009

In accordance with Article IV, Section 3(a) of the Newfoundland Club of America By-Laws, the Nominating Committee has submitted the following slate of nominees for election to the Board of Directors to take office at the conclusion of the 2010 Annual Membership Meeting.

John Cornell – Richmond, VT 05477-9623
Mary Lou Cuddy – Ballston Spa, NY 12020-3719
Barbara Finch - Davidson, NC 28036-5335
Patrick Randall – Hollywood, SC 29449-5606
Pam Rubio – Gilroy, CA 95020-9404
Donna Thibault – Union, CT 06076-4616

Those members of the Board whose terms do not expire until 2011 are Lynne Anderson-Powell, Jacqueline Brellochs, Sue Marino, Kathy McIver, Mary L. Price and Pam Saunders.

Article IV, Section 4b of the NCA By-Laws provides for additional nominations of eligible members by written petition addressed to the NCA Recording Secretary and received at the Recording Secretary’s regular address on or before November 1, signed by thirty members in good standing and accompanied by the written acceptance of each such additional nominee signifying his willingness to be a candidate.

The deadline for additional nominations is November 1, 2009. These additional nominations are to be sent to the NCA Recording Secretary, 1155 Raymond Rd., Ballston Spa, NY 12020-3719. Nominees must include their written acceptance statement.

At the November 3-5, 2006 meeting, the Board of Director directed that all candidates seeking election to the NCA Board of Directors will be directed to write a personal profile and also an election statement on any matter(s) pertaining to the NCA, the Newfoundland breed, or purebred dogs. This will be limited to 800 words or less. It is strongly suggested that candidates use at least 200 words in their profile.

Please send resumes and statements to the NCA Recording Secretary, 1155 Raymond Rd., Ballston Spa, NY 12020-3719 by November 1, 2009.

2009 Nominating Committee: Chair: Kevin Gallagher, Members: Steve Britton, Mary W. Price, Andrea Jung, Dejah Petsch, Alternates: Catherine Dunphy, Marty Swindell.