Nomination Procedure
Eligibility Requirements are listed below.
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. [4]
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
- Email
- 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
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