To: NOSSCR Members
From: Beth A. Alpert, NOSSCR President
NOSSCR is beginning the process to select circuit members for NOSSCR’s Board of Directors. Our by-laws provide for the election of one Board member by NOSSCR members in each federal judicial circuit. In addition, if the membership in a single circuit exceeds 250 members, that circuit is entitled to a second Board member. If the membership in a single circuit exceeds 500, that circuit is entitled to a third Board member.
Our by-laws also provide that in order to be eligible to be elected a member of the Board of Directors, a candidate must have been a member of NOSSCR for not less than two years at the time his or her name in placed in nomination.
Based on our present membership, our 2008-2009 Board will have:
- One representative from the First and Tenth Circuits
- Two representatives from the Second, Third, Fourth & DC, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits
- Three representatives from the Sixth and Ninth Circuits
Each member of the Board of Directors serves one two-year term, which expires at the time of our annual fall conference.
The President of the 2008-2009 Board is Gary Parvin.
These seats are up for election this summer:
- First Circuit: One seat
- Second Circuit: One seat
- Third Circuit: Two seats
- Fourth & DC Circuits: One seat
- Fifth Circuit: Two seats
- Sixth Circuit: Three seats
- Eighth Circuit: One seat
- Ninth Circuit: Three seats
- Tenth Circuit: One seat
I have appointed three NOSSCR members to the Nominating Committee, and I thank each of them in advance for their service:
| Chair: | Gary Parvin |
| Member: | Marcie Goldbloom |
| Member: | Thomas Scully |
If you would like to have yourself or another NOSSCR member considered by the Nominating committee, please request an application from NOSSCR: (201) 567-4228. The completed application must be received by NOSSCR no later than July 9, 2008.
The Nominating Committee’s list of nominees will be sent out on July 21, 2008, to all NOSSCR members in circuits conducting elections.
Any member not nominated may have his or her name placed on the ballot by obtaining the signatures of ten NOSSCR members on a self-nominating petition and completing an application. The self-nominating petition and completed application must be received by NOSSCR no later than August 7, 2008.
On August 29, 2008, NOSSCR will mail ballots to all NOSSCR members in those circuits conducting elections. NOSSCR must receive completed ballots no later than October 1, 2008.
The election results will be announced at the NOSSCR business meeting in Los Angeles on Friday, October 17, 2008. At that time, the Board will also announce the results of its members’ election for the positions of Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and At-Large member.
If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Nancy Shor, NOSSCR’s Executive Director, or me. Thank you for your participation in the election process. I look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles.
