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NASP Elections
NASP Nominations ended on October 30.
NASP Ballot is Set for January Elections
By
Charles Deupree, NCSP
Chair
Nominations and Elections
The
NASP Nominations have been completed and over 1000
members took the time to nominate their favorite candidate for the President-Elect and the 18 state delegate positions that are being contested. This year
the participation was much higher than last year’s nominations partially
because we have a contested election for President-Elect and a number of state
delegate races. In all, more than 1400 nominations were cast for 24 announced
candidates and 62 write in candidates. Don
Blagg and Kathy Minke have been nominated for President-Elect.
The
NASP Delegate Assembly has decided that the
elections should be completed by the annual convention and this year’s convention
is once again in February so we will be holding the election in January. In all, 27 candidates will move to the
General Election. Each candidate should
be congratulated for seeking a leadership role in their professional
association. The final list of
candidates and the position they seek is available on the Elections Web Page. In the interest of helping the
NASP membership get a better idea of who is running
for the two officer positions the candidates’ responses to a question posed to
them by the Nominations and Elections Committee is also on the Web. An
additional officer response will be emailed to all members of record in
December. Please look for that posting.
The
membership continues to report that voting on the internet is quick and easy. Starting on January 5, 2009, members may complete
the voting process by logging on to the
NASP
website.
To Vote
After 8:00 AM January
5th members of record as of December 15, 2008 may participate in the
elections by simply going to www.nasponline.org/about_nasp/elections.aspx to log in and vote. All members
will be able to vote in the President-Elect election but only members whose
NASP postal address is from one of the 18 states
holding a delegate election may vote in that election.
We hope you will
vote for your favorite candidates online but if you do not have access to the
Internet or are more comfortable voting using a paper ballot, you may request one
by calling 1-866-720-HELP (4357). Paper
Ballots must be requested between December 29, 2008 and January 19,
2009. Paper and electronic ballots must be received by 5:00 pm
Eastern Time, January 29, 2009.
President-Elect
Don Blagg (NV)
Kathleen
Minke (DE)
Southeast Region
Delegate
Arkansas - Rita Lynne Jones
Florida - Rance
Harbor
and Sarah Valley-Gray
Kentucky - Marty Dunham
Virginia - Dede Bailer
Northeast Region
Delegate
Connecticut - Rossella Fanelli
District of Columbia - Denise
Daniels
Maryland - Rivka Olley and Nick
Silvestri
Massachusetts - Bob Trant
New Jersey - Terry Molony
Central Region
Delegate
Kansas - Regina
Kimbrel
Nebraska - Theresa McFarland
North Dakota - Marcia Martin
Ohio - John Biltz and Kathy McNamara
Western Region
Delegate
Arizona - Eva Prince and Kathleen
Rahn
California - Margaret Sedor and Melinda
Susan
Hawaii - Jean Ramage
Nevada - Bill Marks and Janell
Rosenberg
Utah - Fulvia Franco and
Leah Voorhies
NASP Campaigning Policies
All campaigning is to be positive. It is important that a candidate only campaign about his/her own qualities and positions. Any reference to an opponent's qualifications or positions is forbidden.
Candidates may contact anyone about the position they are seeking, but they may not use listservs, broadcast emails, or mass mailings to campaign.
In an effort to maintain a “level playing field” all announced candidates will have “Leader’s access to the online membership directory on the NASP web page. All candidates may use this directory to find email addresses, postal mailing addresses, and phone numbers. Current leadership acting in their capacity as candidates will agree NOT to use Delegate or leadership tools or communications for campaigning purposes. Candidates may not use NASP resources to campaign. The use of the NASP logo, print or electronic mediums (such as the NASP web site, CQ, email or NASP Announce), or NASP staff for campaign purposes is prohibited.
In this day of electronic communications, expenditure of a candidate's own funds or those of other individuals or organizations for mass communication is unnecessary and is discouraged. It is believed that minimal personal expenditures are needed for a state delegate election. NASP will no longer supply delegate candidates with mailing labels.
In an effort to keep the “playing field” as level as possible, it is requested that state associations refrain from endorsing one candidate over another but instead are asked to promote the NASP election process and to encourage their eligible members to vote. This would include facilitating the dissemination of all candidate statements or the link to the NASP website.