WINGS ANNUAL ELECTIONS -- Ocean City, MD 6/29/2016

WINGS Annual Elections will occur at the MML Summer Conference at the First Annual WINGS Breakfast during the business meeting portion of the program.

ALL MUNICIPAL ELECTED WOMEN are encouraged to pay their dues and run for office. YOU may copy the information in this post to pay your dues AND submit your name for one of the offices up for election.

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR WINGS ELECTION AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND
June 10, 2016

M E M O R A N D U M

TO: WINGS Members

FROM: Malinda Miles, President

SUBJECT: Nominations for 2016-2017 WINGS Board Members

All Board members shall serve staggered two-year terms, and are eligible for re-election Aat the end of their term. Staggered terms shall be as follows:

President, treasurer, and parliamentarian shall be elected in odd years;
Vice-president, Secretary, and Historian shall be elected in even years;

The member-at-large shall be elected each year to ensure representation from across Maryland. The member-at-large position shall be filled after the designated positions in this paragraph and may not be from the same jurisdiction as any of the officers.

CURRENT WINGS BOARD MEMBERS

PRESIDENT: MALINDA MILES, MAYOR, MT RAINIER

VIC PRESIDENT: MARNITTA L. KING, MAYOR CAPITAL HEIGHTS

TREASURER: VIVIAN E. JACKSON, COUNCIL MEMBER, COLMAR MANOR

SECRETARY: DOREATHA EPPS, FORMER COUNCILMEMBER, COLMAR MANOR

MEMBER –AT-LARGE: LISA HALL, COUNCIL MEMBER, BERLIN

HISTORIAN: VACANT

NOMINATION FORMS FOR 2017
BOARD MEMBERS
ELECTIONS
JUNE 29, 2016 IN OCEAN CITY

To serve on the WINGS Board, you MUST be dues paying member. Your dues must be current at the time of the Annual Meeting in Ocean City.

You may nominate yourself or be nominated by someone else for any office in WINGS including Chapter Representative so long as you agree to serve.

Minimum requirements as an officer are to participate in monthly telemeetings and have an active role in planning the Summer and Fall Conferences.

If each MML Chapter is not represented on WINGS’ Board, WINGS will solicit a representative from the Chapters. WINGS Chapter Representatives will also serve for two years and may be re-elected at the end of their terms.

VIC PRESIDENT NOMINEE_____________________________

SECRETARY NOMINEE________________________________

TREASURER NOMINEE________________________________

MEMBER AT LARGE OMINEE___________________________

HISTORIAN NOMINEE_________________________________

CHAPTER NOMINEE___________________________________

Proposed Bylaws Changes

WINGS Executive Committee will be proposing to the membership the following Bylaw changes:
1. WINGS will change its membership base to include municipal women from across the State of Maryland
2. To increase membership and participation in WINGS decision making, that there be one woman elected by WINGS membership or appointed by their chapters to serve on WINGS Executive Board and participate in monthly board meetings.
3. That WINGS will seek to ensure representation from across the State of Maryland on its Executive Committee.

NOT A MEMBER OF WINGS? You may send your $25 membership dues along with your completed nomination form to Councilmember Vivian Jackson, Colmar Manor Municipal Center, 3701 Lawrence Street, Colmar Manor, MD 30722.

WINGS Executive Committee looks forward to seeing you in OCEAN CITY!