Call for Nominations & Voting for your AzLN Executive Board

 Call for Nominations & Voting for your AzLN Executive Board

 AzLN election process has begun! As a full-fledged member of our AzLN, you are encouraged to nominate individuals for the positions of:

1. President-elect

2. Treasurer

3. Secretary

Do it today and remind your colleagues to nominate & vote in our election as well. All nominations must be received by March 15th, 2023.   The election closes on March 30th, 2023. Below you will find each position description including details of responsibilities, duties, etc… for each position.

Please send your nominations to the Nominations Committee Chair Cyndi Luciano:  clucianoNLN@gmail.com 

As you vote, please give some thought to putting your name forward, if you meet the position’s criteria, the next time we have a call for nominations. The good governance of the AzLN and the exciting work we do together depend on your engagement and the ideas you bring to the table.

If you have a colleague(s) who may be interested in joining and/or a position but are not yet AzLN members, please forward this email and they can join using this link.  https://azln.nursingnetwork.com/page/93761-join-or-renew-today

 We look forward to receiving your nominations and subsequent vote for our three available positions this year. 

 The AzLN Nominations Committee

1. President-Elect. The President-Elect shall:
   1. Attend bimonthly meetings via zoom or in person.
   2. Perform the duties of the President during the President’s absence or inability to act.
   3. Shall perform such other duties as are incident to the office of the President-Elect or that may be assigned by the Board or the AzLN bylaws.
   4. The President-Elect shall chair the Strategic Planning Committee.
   5. Serve for a term of two years and shall then succeed to the Presidency for a term of two years.

1. The Secretary shall:
   1. Keep the minutes of all meetings of the Board, the Standing Committees and any Special Committees which the Board may from time to time appoint.
   2. Minutes may be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable period of time.
   3. Shall issue all notices required by statute, by the [Certificate of Incorporation/Articles of Incorporation], by these bylaws, or by resolution of the Board.
   4. The Secretary or a member of the Executive Committee shall have custody of the Seal of the organization, and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of the Secretary, subject to the control of the Board.
   5. Shall serve for a term of three years, and after until a respective successor is elected.
   6. No person shall be elected to serve for more than two consecutive terms in the office of Secretary.

1. The Treasurer shall:
   1. Have the custody of all funds and securities of the AzLN League.
   2. Shall be bonded in such amounts as determined by the Board upon recommendations of the Finance Committee.
   3. The Treasurer may endorse, for collection on behalf of the Constituent League, checks, notes, and other orders or obligations for the payment of money.
   4. Shall have general responsibility for seeing that funds of the Constituent League are deposited to its credit in such banks as the Board may designate.
   5. Shall see that only such bills as have been approved or otherwise authorized by the Board or designee are paid.
   6. Shall see that full and accurate accounts are kept and audited annually by an internal auditing committee or by a certified public accountant.
   7. Shall make a financial report to the Board at the regular meetings and to the membership at the annual meeting.
   8. Shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board.
   9. Serve for a term of three years, and after until a respective successor is elected.
   10. No person shall be elected to serve for more than two consecutive terms in the office of Treasurer.