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NEWSLETTER | Issue 34

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2017 Elections: Nominations open!
Nominations for the North American
(NA) Management Board and At-Large
Technical Board are now available.
Nominations will be open until January
27, 2017.

North American (NA) Technical
Board – At-Large
The At-Large Technical Board is elected
for a one-year term. There are four (4)
seats open for the At-Large Technical
Board members. NA At-Large Technical
Board
members
must
be
SIF
Association Voting Participants or
employed by or representing a SIF
Association Voting Participant and duly
authorized to represent that SIF
Association Voting Participant.

2017 NA Election timeline
North American (NA) Management
Board

For the 2017 SIF Association NA Election
process, the following dates apply:

The NA Management Board seat is
elected for two year terms. This year
there will be five (5) seats open for the
Management Board. To be eligible to
run for the NA Management Board, the
individuals shall be at least eighteen
(18) years old and be SIF Association
Voting Participants or employed by or
representing a SIF Association Voting
Participant and duly authorized to
represent that SIF Association Voting
Participant, but need not be residents
of the District of Columbia. A SIF
Association Voting Participant Member
institution
(including
associated
subsidiaries of a SIF Association Voting
Participant) may have at most one
representative on the Board of
Directors at one time.

Dec 12, 2016: Nominations open
Jan 27, 2017: Nominations close
Feb 7, 2017: Elections Committee
convenes to confirm ballot
Feb 8, 2017: Ballot released
Feb 27, 2017: Voting closes at 5:00 pm
Feb 27, 2017: Elections Committee
convenes to confirm results
Feb 28, 2017: Elections results
announced during the NA
2017 Annual Meeting

Those
NA
Management
Board
members that are serving their second
year of a two-year term and will be
returning to the NA Management Board
for 2017 include:
 Jim Campbell, AEM Corp
 Michelle Elia, CPSI Ltd
 Laura Hansen, Metro Nashville
Public Schools
 Jennifer Schmidt, META Solutions
 Steve Smith, Cambridge Public
Schools
 Peter Tamayo, Washington State
OSPI
 Jason Wrage, Ovrtr

We will be using a virtual election tool
and all nominations must be submitted
electronically.
To nominate yourself or someone else
to run for one of these leadership
positions, please go to:
Management Board:
http://www.siia.net/sif/nominate.asp?eID=77

Technical Board:
http://www.siia.net/sif/nominate.asp?eID=78

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