Call for Society Leadership Nominations

A Message from NYSSCPA Nominating Committee Chair Jeffrey Hoops, CPA:

I am writing all NYSSCPA voting members on behalf of the 2009-2010 NYSSCPA Nominating Committee to encourage any of you who are interested, or know others who are interested, in serving as a member or officer of the Society’s Board of Directors to send me an email expressing your interest.

This year, the Nominating Committee will be nominating:

• a president-elect (who serves three years on the Board: one year as president-elect, one year as president, and one year as immediate past president),
• four vice presidents (who each serve one year),
• a secretary/treasurer (who may serve two, consecutive one-year terms)
• five at-large directors (who serve three-year terms), and
• directors from the Mid-Hudson, Northeast, Queens/Brooklyn, Rockland, and Utica chapters (who serve three-year terms).

The time commitment to serve on the Board includes attendance at four, face-to-face, day-long meetings annually plus participation on a one-hour conference call. The face-to-face meetings are usually held in Manhattan. One is held during the Annual Leadership Conference, which next year will be at the Turning Stone Resort, near Syracuse. Of course, if you agree to participate on a subcommittee of the Board, additional time is required and, on rare occasions, an issue to be decided by the Board can necessitate an additional meeting.

The Nominating Committee will be meeting on January 14. We need your expressions of interest as soon as possible, but in no event later than January 5, so that the committee has the time to vet and compare the candidates. If you want to learn more about what service on the Board or as an officer entails, feel free to contact one of the current Board members or officers, or contact me at nominations@nysscpa.org. A list of the current Board is available at http://www.nysscpa.org/society/board.htm.

The committee requests that, before placing your name or that of another in nomination, you confirm that the candidate is willing and able to serve. Also, the committee asks you to submit a bio or résumé for the candidate and an email or letter indicating why you or they should serve on the Board or as a Society officer.

To serve on the Board, an individual must

• Be a CPA member of the NYSSCPA for five continuous years and
• Have at least two years service either on a statewide committee, or a chapter executive board, or a combination of both.

For additional information, please see the “Nominating Protocols”, which are available along with other information on the nominating process at the Nomination Center.

Thank you very much,

Jeffrey Hoops
Chair, NYSSCPA Nominating Committee

2009-2010 NYSSCPA Nominating Committee

• Jeffrey Hoops, Chair
• Steven Baum
• Andrew Cohen
• Ann Burnstein Cohen
• Barbara S. Dwyer
• John B. Huttlinger Jr.
• Nancy A. Kirby
• John Lauchert
• Stephen H. Lepselter
• Victor S. Rich
• Edward Torres

Click here to see Prior Nomination Center Update