USATF Mid-Atlantic Association
Nominations for Sports Committees
Dear Mid-Atlantic Association member:
The USATF Mid-Atlantic Association will elect members to the association’s three sports committees at the Annual Meeting on Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Fort Washington, PA.
The following is a slate of nominees for each committee submitted by the Nominating Committee, which consists of Michael C. Hemsley, association vice president; Doreen McCoubrie, membership chair; and Norman Green, treasurer.
Youth Committee: Nelson Berrios, Michael Flannagan, Sharnette Handy-Hall, Marcus Holman, Daryl Nelson, Cynthia Young, Annette White, Darren White, Christopher Wyatt.
Long Distance Running Committee: Carl Grossman, Diane Hardies, Ted Hardies, Robin Jefferies, Bill Kampf, Ed Maher, Jim Marino, Mary Matthews, Mike McCloskey, Jerry Nolan, Dave Thomas.
High Performance Committee: Robert Beale, Roger Glispy, Delores Grandison, Carl Grossman, John Hadrick, Peter Hischmann, Gina Lanier, Kyle Lanier, Ed Richardson, James Williams.
Candidates may also be nominated by a petition signed by three association members and delivered to me by Sept. 6. To submit a nomination, please e-mail me at kyerger@yahoo.com or call me at 610-489-4320. Nominations will also be allowed from the floor on the night of the election.
Below is a summary of the election procedures. The full report of the Nominating Committee is posted here. The complete election procedures are described in Article 8 of the bylaws, which are posted here.
Respectfully, Ken Yerger Association secretary
Election Procedures for Sports Committees
Under the association bylaws, the membership will elect nine members to each committee – Track and Field High Performance, Long Distance Running and Youth Athletics. The association president appoints three additional members to each committee.
The elected members of each committee must include at least three active athletes, and each committee’s total membership must include at least four active athletes. Also, the Youth Athletics and High Performance Committees must each have at least three coaches as members.
The Nominating Committee is charged with submitting a slate of nominees for each sports committee to the association secretary by Aug. 7. The secretary will post the nominations by Aug. 22.
Candidates may also be nominated by a petition signed by three association members and delivered to the secretary by Sept. 6. Nominations will also be allowed from the floor on the night of the election.
The candidates must be association members and at least 18 years old as of Jan. 1, 2012, when the new two-year term begins.
The candidates’ names will be listed alphabetically on the ballot. The voting will be by secret ballot, except for uncontested elections. Voters must have been association members as of July 31. There are no mail, phone or proxy votes.
A panel of at least three individuals, including at least one athlete, will count the ballots. If no candidate receives a majority vote, there will be additional ballots, each time eliminating the candidate with the fewest votes, until one candidate wins a majority.
Each committee will elect its chair and vice-chair within 30 days after the Annual Meeting.
The membership at the Annual Meeting will also elect delegates to the USATF Annual Meeting, which will be in December. Nominations will be made from the floor during the Annual Meeting.