About the American Translators Association

ATA Elections 2009

Call for Nominations

The 2009 Nominating Committee is pleased to call for nominations from ATA's membership to fill the positions of president-elect, secretary, and treasurer (each a two-year term) and three directors (each a three-year term). Elections will be held at the Annual Meeting of Voting Members on Thursday, October 29, in New York City, New York.

All Active members of the ATA are eligible to run for elected office. Please note that members of the Nominating Committee are not eligible to run for elected office.

Active members are those who have passed an ATA certification exam or who are established as having achieved professional status through an Active Membership Review. Active members must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. Other member categories are not eligible to serve as officers or directors.

Any member may make a nomination using the online form available in the Members Only area of the ATA website. Nominations should be submitted as early as possible so that the Nominating Committee can fully consider proposed candidates.

If you plan to put a name forward for nomination, please contact the potential nominee first, tell them your intention, and let them know that a nomination does not guarantee a formal invitation to run for office.

If a nomination is not put forward by the Nominating Committee to ATA's Board of Directors, an individual may still petition to be added to the slate of candidates by submitting the nomination in writing along with the signatures of at last 35 voting members endorsing the nomination. The petitions must be received by the Nominating Coommitt no later than 30 calendar days after the first publication by the Board of Directors of the names of the candidates proposed by the Nominating Committee.

The members of the 2009 Nominating Committee are:

Tuomas Kostiainen, Chair
Beatriz Bonnet
Jean Leblon
Connie Prener
Courtney Searls-Ridge

Nomination Form

To make a nomination, complete and submit the 2009 Nomination Form as early as possible. The submission deadline is March 1, 2009.

Mail or fax the completed form to:

Tuomas Kostiainen
Chair, ATA Nominating Committee
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 590
Alexandria, VA 22314
Fax: +1-703-683-6122

Thank you for being an ATA member and for your active commitment to the future of your association.