To: NOSSCR Members
From: Charles Martin, NOSSCR President
NOSSCR is beginning the process to select circuit members for NOSSCR’s Board of Directors. Our by-laws provide for the election of one Board member by NOSSCR members in each federal judicial circuit. In addition, if the membership in a single circuit exceeds 250 members, that circuit is entitled to a second Board member. If the membership in a single circuit exceeds 500, that circuit is entitled to a third Board member.
Our by-laws also provide that in order to be eligible to be elected a member of the Board of Directors, a candidate must have been a member of NOSSCR for not less than two years at the time his or her name is placed in nomination.
Based on our present membership, our 2012-2013 Board will have:
- One representative from the First and Tenth Circuits
- Two representatives from the Second, Third, Fourth & DC, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits
- Three representatives from the Sixth and Ninth Circuits
Each member of the Board of Directors serves one two-year term, which expires at the time of our annual fall conference. These terms are staggered.
The President of the 2012-2013 Board is Debra Shifrin.
We will hold elections this summer for the following Circuits:
- First Circuit: One seat
- Second Circuit: One seat
- Third Circuit: Two seats
- Fourth & DC Circuits: One seat
- Fifth Circuit: Two seats
- Sixth Circuit: Three seats
- Eighth Circuit: One seat
- Ninth Circuit: Three seats
- Tenth Circuit: One seat
I have appointed three NOSSCR members to the Nominations and Elections Committee, and I thank each of them in advance for their service:
| Chair: | Thomas Scully - Munster, Indiana |
| Member: | Gilbert Laden - Mobile, Alabama |
| Member: | Tracy Tyson Miller - Jacksonville, Florida |
If you would like to have yourself or another NOSSCR member considered by the Nominations and Elections Committee as a candidate for election to the Board, request a Candidate's Statement from NOSSCR: (201) 567-4228. The completed Candidate's Statement must be received by NOSSCR no later than July 20, 2012.
Submit the Statement to NOSSCR:
- By Fax to 201-567-1542
- By Email to nosscr@att.net
- By Mail to NOSSCR, 560 Sylvan Ave Suite 2200, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
The Nominations and Elections Committee’s list of nominees will be sent out on August 3, 2012, to all NOSSCR members in circuits conducting elections. On August 27, 2012, ballots will be mailed to all NOSSCR members in those circuits conducting elections. Completed ballots must be received by NOSSCR no later than September 27, 2012. Ballots must be sent by mail to NOSSCR, 560 Sylvan Ave Suite 2200, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.
Note that the Board of Directors has amended our by-laws to eliminate a process whereby prospective candidates can file a petition. All prospective candidates must submit a Candidate's Statement to the Nominations and Elections Committee.
The election results will be announced at the NOSSCR business meeting in Seattle on Friday, October 19, 2012. At that time, the Board will also announce the results of its members’ election for the positions of Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and At-Large member.
If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Nancy Shor, NOSSCR’s Executive Director, or me. Thank you for your participation in the election process. I look forward to seeing you in Seattle.
