Call for Nominations for SIA Board of Directors & Candidate Information Form

To:         SIA Members
From:    John Lehnhardt, Nominating Committee Chair
Date:     June 2016
Re:         2016 Nominating Process for SIA Board of Directors & Call for Nominations

Each November, the SIA membership elects a Board of Directors to represent them on matters concerning the Summerplace community. This year’s meeting and election of members of the SIA Board of Directors will be Saturday, November 19, 2016.

I have been asked to chair the Nominating Committee for the SIA Board of Directors for 2016. I will serve alongside committee members Jean Etzel, Carol Glade, Mary Kirby, and Jim Chalkley, who have all agreed to be on the 2016 Nominating Committee.

As per the enclosed memo from SIA President Walter Garrard, the recommendations of the ad hoc committee considering the current nominating process were unanimously approved by the SIA Board of Directors. This includes the recommendation that there be no additional specific qualifications for the SIA Board nominees beyond those provided for in Florida statute 720.306 (9) as follows:

All members of the association are eligible to serve on the board of directors, and a member may nominate himself or herself as a candidate for the board with the following exceptions:

1. A person who is delinquent in the payment of any fee, fine, or other monetary obligation to the association on the day that he or she could last nominate himself or herself or be nominated for the board may not seek election to the board, and his or her name shall not be listed on the ballot.
2. A person who has been convicted of any felony in this state or in a United States District or Territorial Court, or has been convicted of any offense in another jurisdiction which would be considered a felony if committed in this state, may not seek election to the board and is not eligible for board membership unless such felon’s civil rights have been restored for at least 5 years as of the date on which such person seeks election to the board.I encourage SIA members to contact me, or any member of the Nominating Committee, if they would like to serve on the Board or nominate a neighbor.

   Additionally, each nominee for the SIA Board should complete the enclosed Candidate Information Form and submit this to the Nominating Committee for consideration of their candidacy.

   Nominations and completed Candidate Information Forms should be sent to the committee no later than August 15, 2016.
   
   On September 15, 2016, the Nominating Committee will submit a slate of names for this year’s voting ballot. We encourage your participation and look forward to hearing from you soon.

   Thank you and we hope to hear from you with nominations.

   Best Way to Reach Nominating Committee Members 
   John Lehnhardt   phone: 772-571–5980 or johnlehnhardt1@gmail.com
   
   Carol Glade ……     phone: 772-589-5983 or PRGlade@att.net

   Jim Chalkley…..     phone: 757-773-9776 or
   jamcatusa@gmail.com

   Mary Kirby ……..     phone: 772-589-8386 or
   floydkirby@hotmail.com
   
   Jean Etzel – until Sept 1st (828) 644-5872
   after Sept 1st  (772) 589-6642

Candidate Information Form for Summerplace Improvement Association,   Inc. (SIA) Board of Directors

Please fill out this form for submission to the SIA Nominating Committee for consideration as a candidate for the SIA Board of Directors. If you meet the qualifications for nomination to the Board of Directors, the information on this form will be included in the ballot distributed to the membership.

Name:

Summerplace Address:

Residence status in Summerplace:   Full time:   Part time:

 Non-Summerplace Address (if applicable):

 E-mail:

 Telephone Numbers: Home:
Cell or second home:

Years of membership in SIA (how long have you owned a home in Summerplace):

How many SIA Annual Meetings have you attended in the last 5 years?

Have you been involved in any SIA Board directed activities? (examples: a previous board member, a committee member or volunteered for an SIA work project):

Do you have any previous experience with other (not SIA) Home Owner’s Association Boards, committees or work projects? If yes please describe your experience briefly.

Why do you want to become an SIA Board member? Please include goals you would like to accomplish in a Board of Director’s role: 

Please list any other qualifications you would like to include?

Optional Brief Biography (200 words or less): Please include work or personal information you would like to share with the membership