Nominations Deadline approaching for 2008 - 2009 Board of Directors
Response Date: September 5, 2008
Nominations Form: www.aaaomonline.org/interactive.asp?ID=19
Nominations to the Board
Are you interested in helping to take our profession to the next level?
AAAOM invites you to be part of a valued group of colleagues who are stepping up to guide AOM in the frontiers of the new health care paradigm.
Board Openings:
We are now accepting nominations for the AAAOM Board of Directors. Elections will take place at our upcoming Chicago Conference at the October 18, 2008, members business meeting.
Serving on the AAAOM Board of Directors is an important way to make a significant difference in the profession. We welcome those who choose to challenge their professional and personal lives by making the commitment to serve in this manner.
Nominations are now being accepted for Practitioner candidates and Public Member candidates. You may nominate yourself or someone else. (Public Members will be selected by the AAAOM Board and will not be voted on by members at the conference in Chicago.) By the date of the election, Practitioner candidates must have been a AAAOM member for a minimum of one year by the date of the election.
For the 2008 election, three practitioner seats (which have a term of three years) and two alternate practitioner seats will be open for nomination and election. Please submit the following information in the response form located here: www.aaaomonline.org/interactive.asp?ID=19
Information provided by candidates for a Practitioner seat will be posted online to assist members in making their voting decisions. Direct email submissions will not be accepted. You must use the interactive form provided or submit via U. S. mail to:
AAAOM Elections Committee
P. O. Box 162340
Sacramento, CA 95816
Posting of Nominations: We will post nominations as they are received. Your submission must be received in our office by September 5, 2008. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Candidates who are selected will be expected to communicate regularly via email, actively participate on committees, and attend board meetings. Two board meetings are held in person: one at our annual conference and one at another time during the year end. Partial travel expense reimbursement is provided by the AAAOM. A minimum of two other regularly scheduled board meetings are held via conference call. Please keep in mind that these positions do require a substantial time commitment.
Voting Changes: As a result of technological advancements, important voting changes are being proposed for the purpose of:
--heightening the efficiency of our voting procedures, and
--expanding the opportunity to vote electronically for AAAOM members that are unable to attend the annual meeting.
At the upcoming Chicago conference we will implement voting via an onsite electronic voting system so that voting results will be known immediately and subsequently published online.
Within 30 days of that conference, all voting members in good standing will receive a mail ballot that proposes to change bylaws to include an online voting mechanism. If passed, this change will be reflected in the process used to vote before the April 2009 AAAOM Conference.
Remain alert to receipt of this information. It positively affects your ability to vote as an individual regardless of whether or not you attend the conference. You will personally want to cast your vote on this proposal, via email or by using the mail-in vote form that will be provided.
Look for posted details on the AAAOM website Press Room.
Should you have questions, please contact Elections Committee co-chairs Jeanette Rockers at: jrockers@aaaomonline.org and Jeannie Kang: jeannie@goodki.com.