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ATA Elections

Candidates Announced

ATA Election
2008 Annual Conference
November 5-8, 2008
Orlando, Florida

ATA will hold its regularly scheduled election at the upcoming 2008 ATA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, to elect four directors.

Further nominations, supported by acceptance statements in writing by each additional nominee and a written petition signed by no fewer than 35 voting members, must be received by the Nominating Committee within 30 days of publication by ATA’s Board of Directors of the names of nominees proposed by the Nominating Committee. Acceptance statements and petitions may be faxed to the chair of the Nominating Committee, Tuomas Kostiainen, in care of ATA Headquarters at (703) 683-6122.

Candidate statements and photos of the candidates will appear in the September issue of The ATA Chronicle. Official proxies will be mailed to all eligible voters prior to the conference. Votes may be cast: 1) in person at the conference; 2) by proxy given to a voting member attending the conference; or 3) by proxy sent to ATA Headquarters by the date indicated in the instructions enclosed with the proxy. The candidates proposed by the Nominating Committee are:

Director (three positions, three-year terms)
Lois Feuerle
David Rumsey
Boris Silversteyn
Milly Suazo-Martinez
Naomi Sutcliffe de Moraes
Izumi Suzuki

Director (one position, one-year term)
Lilian Van Vranken

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