2024, April 2024

At the annual business meeting in July, the membership will elect officers to lead the NCACC in the coming years. The Nominating Committee would like your input on members that you believe would serve as effective leaders of the NCACC. After receiving and reviewing nominations from members, the Nominating Committee will submit a recommendation to the membership for members to fill the positions.

To be eligible to serve as an officer, a member must be a “regular” member in good standing for the two years preceding the election. If you know an eligible member who you believe could contribute as an officer, please consider nominating him or her. You may also nominate yourself or ask an-other member to nominate you.

A list of the offices to be filled and descriptions of the duties of each office are included below. If you have questions about what service as an officer or an executive committee member entails, feel free to contact me or another nominating committee member. The other members of the Nominating Committee are: Jakob Trierweiler (AZ); Meredith Montgomery (AK); Colette Bruggman (CA); and Deana Williamson (TX). Lonn Weissblum (FL) serves as the Executive Committee Liaison to the Nominating Committee.

Please email nominations to me or another committee member by May 15, 2024.
Stacey Pectol (FL), Chair
Nominating Committee
pectols@flcourts.org

Offices to be filled:

  • Office of Vice-President: (one-year term, succeeding to office of President-Elect) – Presently held by Scott Mitchell (AL)
  • Office of Secretary: (two-year term) – Presently held by Claudia Jenks (TX)

Executive Committee Members, 3 positions (2-year terms):

  • Position 1: – Presently held by Pauline (Polly) Brock (CO)
  • Position 2: – Presently held by Tracie Lindeman (AZ)
  • Position 3: – Presently held by Lonn Weissblum (FL)

Executive Committee Member, 1 position (1-year term) (to fill one year of a term expiring in 2025):

  • Position 4: – Presently held by Elizabeth Garcia (NM), as appointed replacement for Michael Cruz (TX)

Description of Offices and Duties of Officers:

Article V Par. 3: Election and Succession of Officers. The President – Elect shall succeed to the office of the President at the expiration of the term as President-Elect. The Vice-President shall succeed to the office of President-Elect at the expiration of the term as Vice-President. The President shall succeed to the office of Past-President at the expiration of the term as President. At each annual business meeting, the Vice-President shall be elected by a vote of a majority of the members pre-sent at the meeting and entitled to vote; the Secretary and the Treasurer shall be elected for two-year terms, the Secretary in the even-numbered years and the Treasurer in odd-numbered years. The Treasurer and the Secretary shall be eligible for reelection.

Article VI Par. 1: Duties of the President. The President shall serve as the chief executive officer and shall preside at all meetings of the Conference and its Executive Committee.

Article VII Par. 2: Executive Committee. Powers and Duties. The Executive Committee is the Board of Directors. It shall direct the affairs of the Conference and shall meet annually prior to the annual business meeting of the Conference and at other times at the call of the President or seven members of the Committee. All matters before the Executive Committee shall be determined by a majority vote of those present. Seven members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Executive Committee shall decide any question raised on the interpretation and application of these Bylaws.

Article V Par. 5: Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall be responsible for the taking of the minutes of the Executive Committee and the annual business meeting or any called meeting and for distributing them to the Executive Committee and the National Center for State Courts. The minutes of the annual business meeting or any called meeting of the full Conference shall be transmitted to the members of the Conference with the call of the next annual business meeting; this requirement may be met by publication in The Docket, the NCACC newsletter. The Secretary shall be responsible for overseeing the billing of every member of the Conference for annual dues no later than January fifteenth of each year and the maintenance of a list of all members in good standing.

Please review the NCACC Bylaws for further details about these positions.