Dear Members,
Please find this reminder of next Wednesday's deadline to
submit nominations to the Board of Trustees.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
If you or a fellow Member-regulator is interested in getting more
involved in the direction of IAGR and in contributing time and energy to
grow the association into the future, please respond to the Call for
Nominations which is now open for IAGR's Board of Trustees (Board).
In accordance with the IAGR Bylaws, nominations of new members to
the Board may be made by any member of IAGR, including current members
of the Board. Such nominations shall have a proposer and a seconder with
no more than one being from the same jurisdiction as the nominee.
Board of Trustee Election The Board is currently calling for nominations to fill four vacancies
to serve the term of office for three years.
In
addition, there are three Trustees whose first terms will complete in October. Blair Cairncross (Asia/Oceania), David Rebuck (North America) and Birgitte Sand (Europe) will all seek re-election for a second (final) term.
Excluding office holders, the minimum representation of each
region shall be at least one member unless the region has not produced a
nominee. No region shall have more than four members represented on the Board at one time.
The regions are defined as follows:
- Asia/Oceania
- North
America (Canada/U.S./Mexico)
- Europe
- Africa
- Central
America/Caribbean/South America
The service terms for the new and re-elected Trustees will commence effective with the Annual General Meeting in November 2016 in Sydney and will conclude at the Annual General Meeting in the fall of 2019.
Nomination Process If you wish to nominate a member to the Board, please complete the
attached nomination form and email it to Secretary Trude Felde at tfe@lotteritilsynet.no no later than 3:00 PM Oslo Time on Wednesday, 28 September 2016.
A list of all nominees will be announced to the membership prior
to the November 1st Annual General Meeting which convenes in Sydney, Australia. The voting members will cast their ballots in Sydney (or
via proxy) to elect the new Trustee. If the number of nominees is
equal to or fewer than the number of anticipated vacancies, the nominees
will be automatically confirmed - in accordance with the IAGR Bylaws - as Board of Trustee members at the Sydney Annual General Meeting of the membership.
If the number of nominees is greater than the number of vacancies plus the Board positions under re-election, a new Nominee may receive more votes and replace the incumbent Trustee, depending on the votes and as long as the nominee does not come from a region from which four (4) Trustees already are represented. Please consider the following in making your nominations:
1) First and foremost, only nominate individuals who have indicated a willingness to invest significant time and effort into being a trustee. These are working positions of responsibility.
2)
Ideally, Trustees attend both an annual Board of Trustees meeting held
to coincide with the annual conference and two mid-year meetings (one in London coinciding with ICE and one coinciding with either the GREF or NAGRA conference) as well as participate in numerous
email exchanges and multiple conference calls. Those unable to attend
the meetings in person are expected to join by phone. 3)
Think about geographical and membership representation in making your
nominations. For example, does the individual you plan to nominate come
from an already substantially represented region?
4) In order to make a nomination both you and the individual you are nominating must be paid members of IAGR in good standing.
Current Officers & Board of Trustees
The current
Trustees and their represented regions are as follows:
President/Trustee: Bheki Mlambo, Africa
Vice
President/Trustee: Dale Fuga, North America
Treasurer/Trustee: Bruce Molnar, North America Trustee: Blair Cairncross, Asia/Oceania (seeking re-election) Trustee:
Susan Hensel, North America Trustee: David Rebuck, North America (seeking re-election) Trustee: Birgitte Sand, Europe (seeking re-election) Trustee: Jerry See, Asia/Oceania Trustee: Fortune Sekgaphane, Africa Trustee: Nick Tofiluk, Europe
Please contact any of the Trustees with questions as we begin the
2016 nomination and election process.
DEADLINE: Nomination Forms Due Wednesday, 28 September
Thank
you,
Bheki Mlambo IAGR President On behalf of IAGR
Board of Trustees
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