Elections Committee
Elections Committee
The MassCUE Elections Committee oversees the entire election process, including nominations, vetting nominees, running the election and reporting results. The MassCUE Elections Committee also collaborates with the Board on seeking appointments to the Board. MassCUE Board of Directors Elections are held annually.
On May 16th, nominations for the Spring 2025 Election were closed. This year we are pleased to announce we have five candidates running for the opportunity to share their time and talents with MassCUE. We are looking to fill three elected Director positions and three appointed Director positions to the Board of Directors.
Voting will take place from Tuesday, May 20 to Tuesday, May 27, 2025. An email containing a link for the ballot will be sent out to MassCUE members on Tuesday, May 20.
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The MassCUE Elections Committee responsibilities include:
- Ensuring that all elections procedures are followed.
- Verifying and reporting election results.
Chair(s)
Ellen M. Driscoll
SECRETARY, INTERIM, APPOINTED, 2025“Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body, and soul.” –Charles Buxton
“Zealous” describes Ellen’s attitude toward life and learning. She has worked as an aide, substitute, and a high school technology teacher before becoming a Technology Systems Administrator for Barnstable and Plymouth. Ellen retired as Chief Technology Officer from Middleborough Public Schools. Her connection to MassCUE as an organization with its values and dedicated members has been central to her growth and devotion to technology and learning.
Ellen first discovered MassCUE as an elementary computer…
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Ellen M. Driscoll
SECRETARY, INTERIM, APPOINTED, 2025“Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body, and soul.” –Charles Buxton
“Zealous” describes Ellen’s attitude toward life and learning. She has worked as an aide, substitute, and a high school technology teacher before becoming a Technology Systems Administrator for Barnstable and Plymouth. Ellen retired as Chief Technology Officer from Middleborough Public Schools. Her connection to MassCUE as an organization with its values and dedicated members has been central to her growth and devotion to technology and learning.
Ellen first discovered MassCUE as an elementary computer teacher and joined a SIG in 1994. She has witnessed and worked for the dramatic growth in MassCUE. Receiving the 2008 MassCUE Pathfinder Award was a lifetime achievement. In 2015, ISTE recognized Ellen’s work advocating for Technology in Massachusetts with a plaque at their annual conference in June in Philadelphia. Again in 2017, she was awarded the coveted ISTE Making IT Happen (Jacket) Award representing MassCUE.
Ellen has had the pleasure of serving as the secretary on the MassCUE Board for ten years and returns now to fulfill that role again as the Interim 2025 Secretary. She has served on the Conference Committee, Influence and Advocacy Committee and the founding Board of METAA. In 2008, she was appointed by the state Commissioner of Education to the Educational Technology Advisory Council for two terms. Ellen spent six years as an elected School Committee member representing the residents of Mattapoisett, where she still lives with her husband, John and rescue dog Pepe. Their three children have made them proud grandparents of nine young adults.
Each MassCUE Committee is made up of a dedicated team of volunteers. The following make up the current Elections Committee Chairs and Committee Members.
Members
- Leo Brehm, Interim President
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Nomination Procedure
Eligibility Requirements are listed below.
Election Submission Deadline extended to May 16, 2025.
Nomination Papers
Nomination papers for the Spring 2025 Election are due by 5:00 P.M. on May 9, 2025. Nominations should be emailed to the Elections Committee at elections@masscue.org.
Positions: Three (3) Directors and Three (3) Appointed
Please include the following in your submission:
- Name of nominee
- Home Address
- Title/Employer/Work Address
- Phone number
- Name of nominating member (if applicable)
- Letter of intent
- Background statement for the website outlining qualifications, philosophy, and/or goals for serving on the MassCUE Board of Directors. (No more than 150 words)
- Professional Social Media handles to post with bio (optional)
- Resume
- High quality headshot of nominee for website.
Eligibility
Qualification of Directors: Board members should possess the skills and experience which can contribute to the purposes and mission of MassCUE. Each Director must be in a position to attend Board of Director meetings regularly, to serve on committees, to devote a substantial amount of time to the affairs of MassCUE, and to become and remain acquainted with current developments.
Directors shall meet two of the following criteria:
- A registered member of MassCUE for at least one year, and who actively contributes to the organization as that is determined by the Board of Directors.
- A community member of MassCUE who is:
- A current or retired educator.
- An employee of an educational entity (public, private, or charter schools, educational collaboratives, universities or colleges) within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- A full-time student, 18 years of age or older.
- A community member that demonstrates support and exhibits qualities and skills that would support the mission of MassCUE. In the event that a Director meets this criteria upon election to office, and subsequently fails to meet the criteria, the Director may finish the remainder of their term.
Expectations for Directors
- Attend and actively participate in at least 70% of monthly Board meetings, including winter and summer retreats. A majority of time at a meeting is required to fulfill this requirement. At present, meetings are twice per month, with a goal of moving to once per month.
- Face-to-face meetings require a member’s physical presence at the venue. Any Director may opt to attend face-to-face meetings online for any reason -- drive time, family issues, health, or whatever the Director in good conscience has determined to be an acceptable reason.
- Prepare for meetings:
- Read and think about pertinent reports and documents
- Read the Agenda
- Follow the Board's Code of Conduct
- Actively chair a committee or take the lead of a subcommittee with a similar time commitment or chair 2 committees that only convene for part of the year and don’t have overlapping time commitments, and abide by the Committee Procedures. Co-chairs must distribute the work equitably. Coordinators manage the assignment they are charged with.
- Attend and work at the Fall Conference as coordinated by the Conference Committee.
- Attendance at the spring conference requires volunteering for a duty.
- Participate in other tasks as they arise.
- Check and respond to email daily
Committee Resources
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