The annual elections for the MARSH Board of Directors are coming up soon, after our Reef Currents event for continuity as the current officers and BOD have been working on Reef Currents for many months now. Submissions will remain open until February 28th. Voting will be open during the following week for all paid MARSH members to select the candidates they would like to hold each position.
Just a couple of quick things:
Positions open for volunteers:
Officer Positions
Position Qualifications:
Please post in this thread if you would like to run. Include a short biography, why you would like to run for the position, and what you would bring to MARSH as a member of the Officers or Board of Directors.
Current candidates for the elections:
President: Mark Lira (Mark L.)
Vice president: Steve Baring (steveb)
Secretary: Allison Ormand (LSUFireGal)
Directors:
Sharath Ravula (OceansX)
John DeVeaux (jdeveaux)
Cat Dybala (tektite)
Again - Please only volunteer if you have time! Far too often members volunteer for the BOD, only to sit back without participating and the few other Officers and BOD are left with having to put in more work and more time to keep everything moving. All the current Officers and BOD have jobs and/or families, the time we put in to MARSH is after work and family time. The more active Officers and BOD, the easier it is for everyone to help keep MARSH up and running, both behind the scenes and planning/executing events. It isn't much time on the lower end, maybe 10-20 hrs a month for BOD (Though you don't want to know how many hours a couple of the BOD and officers executing Reef Currents are putting in right now ). If you think you can spare that time (mostly on evenings and weekends) and want to help the club out in a big way, please step up and volunteer! The more active volunteers the better, the more we'll be able to do as a club.
Current Officers and BOD:
Ending Officer terms - Cat Dybala (tektite), Steve Baring (steveb), Mark Lira (Mark L.), John DeVeaux (jdeveaux)
Ending BOD terms - Jason Tyler (ostentum), Keith Raymond (slayer311), Lee Pardue (rlpardue)
Continuing BOD terms - Jeff Dean (inigomontoya), Candace Arnold (cacarnold3), Jackie Raymond (slayer311sgirl)
Just a couple of quick things:
- No there is no pay (someone always asks)
- We are a not-for-profit so yes mileage is deductible per federal guidelines.
- Please only volunteer if you have the time to spare.
- If you serve on the board of a not-for-profit you do have the responsibilities that go with protecting the trust of the club.
[*]Please review the By-Laws of the club and feel free to post question here or PM any member of the current Board. - All candidates wishing to server on the Board of Directors must submit a biography so members can know who you are.
Positions open for volunteers:
Officer Positions
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Three Openings
Position Qualifications:
- Officers
- Must have 18 months of paid membership or currently serving on the Board of Directors.
- Officer Positions are for a one year term.
- Directors
- Must have 9 months of paid membership.
- Directors serve for two years.
Please post in this thread if you would like to run. Include a short biography, why you would like to run for the position, and what you would bring to MARSH as a member of the Officers or Board of Directors.
Current candidates for the elections:
President: Mark Lira (Mark L.)
Vice president: Steve Baring (steveb)
Secretary: Allison Ormand (LSUFireGal)
Directors:
Sharath Ravula (OceansX)
John DeVeaux (jdeveaux)
Cat Dybala (tektite)
Again - Please only volunteer if you have time! Far too often members volunteer for the BOD, only to sit back without participating and the few other Officers and BOD are left with having to put in more work and more time to keep everything moving. All the current Officers and BOD have jobs and/or families, the time we put in to MARSH is after work and family time. The more active Officers and BOD, the easier it is for everyone to help keep MARSH up and running, both behind the scenes and planning/executing events. It isn't much time on the lower end, maybe 10-20 hrs a month for BOD (Though you don't want to know how many hours a couple of the BOD and officers executing Reef Currents are putting in right now ). If you think you can spare that time (mostly on evenings and weekends) and want to help the club out in a big way, please step up and volunteer! The more active volunteers the better, the more we'll be able to do as a club.
Current Officers and BOD:
Ending Officer terms - Cat Dybala (tektite), Steve Baring (steveb), Mark Lira (Mark L.), John DeVeaux (jdeveaux)
Ending BOD terms - Jason Tyler (ostentum), Keith Raymond (slayer311), Lee Pardue (rlpardue)
Continuing BOD terms - Jeff Dean (inigomontoya), Candace Arnold (cacarnold3), Jackie Raymond (slayer311sgirl)
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