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Join us for our next STC Arkansas meeting Sat. January 26th at 11:00am, at UALR in Stabler Hall 501. (For directions, see the UALR Campus Map.) This will be a business meeting. Specifically, we will be interested in planning upcoming meetings. If you have ideas for upcoming meetings, please bring them or send them to the email list or Keith Dover.

We will also begin to arrange the upcoming elections. Tommy Trussell and Patrick Moore will handle that, but those of you interesting in running for the offices of chapter president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer may also be interested in the meeting to make contacts with current officers.

Only chapter members in good standing may make nominations. Student members may not serve as officers. You may nominate yourself. The slate will be announced at the March chapter meeting. Elections will be held at the April chapter meeting (ballots may be returned at the meeting or mailed). Chapter officers serve from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.

Here are the responsibilities of the officers:

President:

The president presides over chapter meetings and is responsible for all chapter operations. The president heads the chapter's administrative council (the officers and committee managers), assigns duties to other officers, helps to formulate chapter policies, appoints the newsletter editor, helps to develop topics for chapter meetings and events, makes the chapter reports to the region 5 director-sponsor, and (optionally) writes articles and columns for the newsletter.

Vice President:

The vice president plans the chapter's schedule of meetings, finds meeting places, helps formulate chapter policies, coordinates with other officers to keep the chapter's activities running smoothly, and substitutes for the president during her/his absence.

Secretary:

The secretary takes minutes at the chapter's administrative council meetings, records member and guest attendance at meetings, helps to formulate chapter policies, and helps to develop topics for chapter meetings.

Treasurer:

The treasurer maintains the chapter's checking account, makes deposits and pays invoices, keeps detailed records of all the chapter's financial transactions, prepares chapter finance reports as needed, helps to develop topics for chapter meetings, and prepares and files the chapter's annual

financial report to the STC national headquarters.

Nominating Committee:

The nominating committee solicits nominations for the following year's elections, conducts the election, and oversees the tellers who count the ballots for the election. The nominating committee must contain at least two members of the local chapter.

The annual STC election will be held in March and April, 2008, and only members who have paid their dues by February 28, 2008, will be eligible to vote. An option on the dues renewal forms and new membership applications for 2008 allows members to receive their ballots via e-mail. In March, members who selected this option will be e-mailed voting instructions. Members who did not select this option will receive their ballots by first-class mail.

Be sure to renew your membership by February 28 to have a say in STC’s future!

Office	Candidate	Candidate Biography URL	Candidate Web Site URL
Second Vice President	Michael A. Hughes	Biography	Web Site
	Larry Kunz	Biography	Web Site
Secretary	Sharon K. Garrity	Biography
	Char James-Tanny	Biography	Web Site
Directors	Suzanne E. Guess	Biography	Web Site
	Rob B. Hanna	Biography	Web Site
	Hillary Hart	Biography	Web Site
	Judith M. Herr	Biography	Web Site
	Linda S. King	Biography
	Rich Maggiani	Biography	Web Site
	Lisa Pappas	Biography	Web Site
	Garret H. Romaine	Biography	Web Site
Nominating Committee	Dia H. Burroughs	Biography
	Carolyn Kelley Klinger	Biography
	Carolyn Luttrell	Biography
	Thea Teich	Biography