This is a reminder that ballots for the UMFA Board will be accepted
through midnight tonight. Please let your Board know you're out there
and interested by replying.
Here it is again:
Dear UMFA Members:
PLEASE
VOTE YOUR BALLOT, BELOW. USE "REPLY" TO SEND YOUR
VOTE. (The ballot is also included as an attachment if that works
better for you,)
(Skip the
purple part if you're in a hurry!)
BACKGROUND:
For several years, your Executive Board has
been serving without paying much attention to the prescribed election
process in our Bylaws. We have decided that this has gone on long
enough, and we are re-instituting an election/turnover process aligned
with our newly-amended Bylaws (attached to this email for your
information).
The
Executive Board, working closely with the Presidential Nominating
Committee (Peggy Doerrie, Marcia Metzger, and Judy Ranheim), has created
the positions of two Co-Presidents and a Co-President Elect (with a
three-year rotation) to replace the previous positions of President and
Vice President.
Here are
the most pertinent bits of the Bylaws, as amended in June
2009:
Election and Term of
Office: Officers for the Executive Board shall be elected by the
UMFA membership by ballot between May 15 and June 15 of each year.
Ballots may be distributed by mail, by e-mail, or on the UMFA
website. The Communications Chair shall be responsible for
coordinating the election process. The term of office for
Executive Board officers starts on July 1 of the fiscal year (July
1-June 30).
The Leadership Team of
two Co-Presidents and a Co-President Elect shall cover a three
fiscal-year rotation. The first year a person shall serve as
Co-President Elect and then for the second and third years shall serve
as a Co-President. A new Co-President Elect shall be elected each
year. The term of office shall be two fiscal years for Secretary,
Treasurer, Programs Chair and Communications Chair. Secretary and
Communications Chair shall be elected in odd-numbered years.
Treasurer and Programs Chair shall be elected in even-numbered
years.
Any elected officer may
succeed him/herself, but no elected officer shall serve for more than
five consecutive terms.
Polly
Meyerding, who has served for over five years as UMFA President, is
stepping down effective June 30, 2009. The other 4 current members
of the Board will continue on in the newly-constituted version of the
Board.
They
are:
CO-PRESIDENT ELECT: Jennifer Kennard
TREASURER: John Petroff
PROGRAMS
CHAIR: Cindy Farrell
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR: Kristen
Kinnear-Ohlmann
Three
UMFA members have graciously agreed to come onto the Board: Peggy
Doerrie, Jenny Hanson, and Martha Jamsa. The Ballot below confirms
your acceptance of these members joining the Board, or registers your
disapproval.
You may ask, "Why should I vote when there's
only one candidate for each position?" Good question! The
answer is: Not just because the Bylaws says to, but so that the
Board knows the members are interested and paying attention, for one
thing, and to let the candidates know that they are supported by the
membership as they take their places on the Board.
Obviously,
this will not be a secret ballot, but that is not required by our
Bylaws. We will all rely on the goodwill and cooperation of all
concerned in counting the ballots without regard to who sent
them.
We hope you will vote!
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BALLOT:
ELECTION FOR OFFICERS OF THE EXECUTIVE
BOARD
OF THE UPPER MIDWEST FLUTE
ASSOCIATION
PLEASE SEND A
“REPLY” TO THIS EMAIL
BY MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009,
WITH A “YES” OR
“NO” VOTE
TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING SLATE OF CANDIDATES.
Three candidates have agreed to serve on the Upper Midwest Flute
Association Board of Directors:
CO-PRESIDENT (Two year term):
MARTHA
JAMSA is Lecturer in Flute at Carleton College, where she
teaches flute, coaches chamber music and directs the Carleton Flute
Choir. She is also Studio Instructor of Flute at Macalester
College with similar responsibilities. For nine years she was
Principal Flute with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the Dakota
Wind Quintet, and has been a substitute flutist with the Minnesota
Orchestra since 1990. In past years she has served on the Board of
Directors of UMFA, the South Dakota Symphony and Thursday Musical.
Martha has a B.F.A. in Flute Performance from the University of
Minnesota, and a M.M. in Flute Performance from the Indiana University
School of Music, where she was Associate Instructor of Flute. Her
primary teachers include James Pellerite, Walfrid Kujala and Keith
Underwood.
CO-PRESIDENT
(One-year Term):
PEGGY DOERRIE serves as Principal
Flutist with the St. Cloud Symphony (since 1990) and Northern Symphony
(since 2003). She is active as a flute instructor, chamber/church
musician and is the Office Coordinator at St. Frances Cabrini Church.
Bachelor of Music Education degree from Cornell College. Master of
Fine Arts degree in Flute Performance from the University of Minnesota
as a student of Elaine Eagle. Solo recital work with Thursday
Musical, Schubert Club, Hauenstein Series, Minneapolis Institute
of Arts, and American Swedish Institute. Chamber playing has
included Lametti Chamber Winds, Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theater,
Riverside Theater, Kenwood Trio, Windsong Flute & Harp Duo and
Guitar & the Wind. Peggy has served previously on the UMFA
Board of Directors and on the Thursday Musical Board.
SECRETARY (Two years):
JENNIFER
HANSON is currently persuing a master's degree in flute
performance at the University of Minnesota, where she also received a
bachelor's degree, and has studied with Julia Bogorad-Kogan, Adam
Kuenzel, Keith Underwood and Immanuel Davis. Jennifer is a flute
and piano instructor at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church and MacPhail Center
for Music and serves as the New Member Liaison on the Minnesota Music
Teacher's Association Convention Committee. She is an active
chamber musician and performs with The Gilded Lily Trio
(flute/oboe/bassoon), the Como Avenue Jug Band and the Brian Just Band.
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AGAIN, PLEASE SEND A “REPLY” TO THIS EMAIL
BY MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009,
WITH A “YES” OR “NO” VOTE
TO
APPROVE THE FOLLOWING SLATE OF CANDIDATES.
THANK
YOU!
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