New Hampshire Region is announcing a period of open nominations for the position of Region Director and Northern Section Chief. Below are the details, qualifications and duties. Nominations my be forwarded to the election committee members.
This year, two position are open, Region Director and Northern Section Chief. Qualification and job descriptions are included below, along with NH and Division By-Laws.
Job Descriptions/Duties:
Region Director:
- Have good organizational skills
- Leadership and Managerial skills
- Meet qualifications set forth by NH Region and Eastern Division (see below)
- Handle all affairs of NH Region
- Staff all Region programs with qualified patrollers
- Ensure all patrol registration, tax forms (990′s) and patrol confirmation required by Division and National are submitted and received on time
- Arrange NH Region staff meetings
- Attend Region and Division meeting, along with attendance at the Spring Officer’s meeting each April
NH Region by laws……..
Section 5.1 – Eligibility
No officer shall be elected or appointed who shall not meet the eligibility requirements contained in the Division By-Laws in effect at the time of selection, nor shall such officer continue to hold office in the event of later ineligibility.
Section 5.2 – Region Director
The Region Director shall be elected by the Voting Members and shall serve for a term of two years, with a maximum of 6 consecutive years in this position. The Region Director shall supervise the affairs of the Region, shall preside at all annual and special meetings and shall perform such other duties as may be given him at any annual or special meeting by a majority vote of the Voting Members present. The Region Director shall hold no other elective office in NSP.
Section 5.8 – Qualification of Region Director and Section Chiefs
Elective officers, except Patrol Directors, shall have the qualification shown in Section 4.1 of the Division By-laws.
DIVISION BY-LAWS
4.1 Eligibility. Region Director candidates must be Active registered patrollers in the Region which they seek to represent, have a minimum of five seasons of patrolling experience, and have achieved Senior Alpine, Senior Nordic, or Certified status. Members currently registered as Patrollers are qualified to become Region Director candidates if they have met the requirements described above at some point in their patrol career.
NOTE: According to NH Region by-laws, Section Chief’s must have the same qualifications as the Region Director.
Election Process
The Region Director shall be elected by the Voting Members and shall serve for a term of two years, with a maximum of 6 consecutive years in this position. The Region Director shall supervise the affairs of the Region, shall preside at all annual and special meetings and shall perform such other duties as may be given him at any annual or special meeting by a majority vote of the Voting Members present. The Region Director shall hold no other elective office in NSP.
Election for the position will be held at each patrol’s refresher in the Fall of 2020. The election will be by secret written ballot. All active members shall be permitted to cast one vote. A patroller is considered an active member if he/she has a NSP registration number reflecting primary membership in a patrol in the New Hampshire region, excluding alumni, medical associates, candidates and professional division members. Only active members of the patrols located in the northern sections will be permitted to vote for the Section Chief position in their respective sections. In the event a member does not complete his or her refresher at his/her home patrol arrangements will be made to permit that member to vote at the refresher he/she attends. A vote tally will be announced after the last refresher in each section has completed the voting process.
DEADLINES: For those qualified and interested patrollers, notice of your interest must be received (in writing (via snail mail) or email) to one of the members of the Election Committee by the deadline date April 15, 2020. Any notice of interest received after the deadline date WILL NOT BE COUNTED. All notices of interested must have a date stamp on them in order to be valid. Telling someone on the Election Committee you are interested WILL NOT COUNT…it must be in writing and date stamped by either the US MAIL or an email date stamp. Elections will be held at Patrol Refreshers this Fall.
Resume and platforms from interested patrollers need to be received by June 1st in order to be posted on the website for all patroller’s to review. To start the process please contact any of the Election Committee members:
