Nominees interested in running to fill five seats on the 2017 U.S. Co-ops Board of Directors, which guides and inspires the organization, have one week left to complete and submit this Nomination Form with requested supplemental material to the Nominating Committee.
Please email this information to be forwarded to the Nominating Committee to Klaretta Fowler at [email protected] no later than February 22, 2017.
An U.S. Co-ops Board-appointed Nominating Committee, composed of members of the U.S. Co-ops Board of Directors, will review all nominations to verify the candidates’ eligibility per the organization’s bylaws.
To be eligible for election, a candidate must be either an Individual member of U.S. Co-ops or a director or an employee of a Cooperative or Associate Member in good standing. Nominees will be notified in advance of the status of their candidacy.
Per the U.S. Co-ops bylaws, the Nominating Committee shall nominate at least two candidates more than the number of open positions.
By March 24, the Nominating Committee will present to the U.S. Co-ops membership a slate of no fewer than seven candidates for consideration. The slated candidates’ biographical sketches, candidate statements and photographs will be published on the U.S. Co-ops website and in Co-op Weekly. The information will also be posted in the online election system administered by Simply Voting.
The online election will open on March 27 and close on April 27; during this period, U.S. Co-ops members in good standing will be able to cast their votes.
The U.S. Co-ops Board election is handled electronically through Simply Voting, a secure, cost-effective and environmentally responsible online platform for election services.
The election results will be announced at U.S. Co-ops’s Annual Business Meeting on May 2 in Washington, D.C., then published in Co-op Weekly.