Each year you, NAUI’s instructor members, have the opportunity and the responsibility
to select those of your fellow members who will serve you on our Board of Directors.
NAUI is unique among training agencies in this respect. You have a voice in your
association and its future through our Board of Directors, whose members
have been placed in their position of responsibility by your vote.
This year there are three seats to be filled. Two of the seats are for four-year terms and one is for a three year term. There are seven candidates standing for these positions and the two candidates receiving the most votes will be seated for four year terms while the candidate receiving the third most votes will be seated for a three year term.
All of the candidates are asked by the Election Committee to furnish a short biosketch
and a brief position statement. The statements are published in Sources, on NAUI's
website, and with the ballots. This is your opportunity to educate yourself about
your fellow members who are standing for membership on the Board.
The NAUI Board of Directors is your voice in establishing NAUI's policies and long
range goals. Take this opportunity to inform yourself, and then vote for the candidates
who you believe will be the best persons to work with our other Board members to
guide our Association toward the future.
Nicoletta Codiferrro #41377
Debra Greenhalgh #40793
Henry Johnson #40691
Wayne Mitchell #3565
Michael Nadler #10546
Christopher Richardson #17055
Keith Sliman #3417
We urge you to study all the information, acquaint yourself with the candidates
and their positions, and vote for your considered choices. Ballots must be returned
no later than November 25, 2008. Persons eligible to vote who have not received
their ballot by November 1 should
contact NAUI HQ and request another ballot.
You may be receiving personal mailings from these candidates, paid for by them.
You may
also receive mailings from or wish to vote for write-in candidates. There
are spaces on the ballot if you wish to vote for any such persons. Again, your vote
is extremely important. Vote for only three (3) people.
Members must return ballots to the independent accounting firm to be received by
November 25, 2008 for verification and tallying of the results.
The three newly-elected members will take office in January 2009 and will be formally
introduced at the annual NAUI Board of Directors meeting.
According to Article II, Section 1 of the NAUI Bylaws as stated in the NAUI Standards
and Policies Manual, 1996 Edition, Voting Members are defined as follows: Voting
Members. All members under this section must be eighteen years of age or older.
They shall have the right and privilege to vote on any matters as called for in
these bylaws, and to hold office as a Director of the Association.
Active Instructors. These are members who have attained the certification status
of instructor by completing the requirements then established by the Board to enable
them to issue various levels of diving certification as may be provided by this
Association and who may issue an Associate Membership to others.
Sustaining Instructors. These are members who have attained the certification status
of instructor, but do not meet the requirements established by the Board to issue
certifications and as may be further defined in the NAUI Standards and Policies
Manual, or any document that might supersede that manual.
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