No, it’s not
Barack Obama and some yet unknown Republican challenger we are writing about,
it is your Hamilton County Chapter elections. According to our Chapter bylaws
we have an election of all officers and directors in even years. The five
officer positions are President, Vice-President, Recording Secretary,
Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer. The seven director positions are
Credentials, Education, Membership, Program, Research & Preservation,
Publications and Director-At-Large. The Nominating Committee selects candidates
(there can be more than one candidate for a position) and there is an election
at the regular spring Chapter meeting of attendees, this year at the 21 April 2012
meeting at the Public Library (see the Chapter calendar for meeting details).
All members are eligible for all positions with no previous experience
required.
While it may be unlikely a member will
phone or email me so I can put them in touch with the Nominating Committee
Chair and say they want to run for the President’s position or some other
position on the Chapter Board of Directors, you may want to learn about what,
where, when and how we do what we do to keep our Chapter in existence and
continue our process of educating members and preserving Hamilton County
records. At the time I am writing this article, I assume we currently have at
least one candidate for each position, although each current officer and
director has yet to be officially contacted and asked if they will run again
for the Board. However, you may certainly “throw your hat in the ring” at any
time. As a Chapter we want to be inclusive and “new blood” on the Board can
many times be useful and invigorating for an organization.
All members are welcome to attend any Board
meeting. The next number of Board meetings will be held at the Perkins
Restaurant in Mt. Healthy at the Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway exit on the
3rd Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. If you would like to attend
and see what the individual officers and directors do and how the business of
your Chapter is conducted, you might be more inclined to run for office or join
in the work of our many committees that do a variety of different activities
throughout the year. Please feel free to join us. Our meetings are friendly and
last to about 8:30 p.m. or a little later. The greatest advantage to being on
the Board is that you know what is going on way before everyone else and you
learn more about the resources available to make you an even better genealogist.
You can always phone or email me before any meeting to make sure there have
been no changes in the meeting details. Once you feel more comfortable learning
what and how each person on the Board functions, I believe you will want to get
more involved with your Chapter.
Kenny Burck, President, 513-956-7078
