Nomination Process

Society Invites Candidates for 2009 - 2010 Nominating Committee

Are you interested in helping to set who will serve on next year’s NYSSCPA Board? If so, consider serving on the Society’s Nominating Committee.

This year’s 11-person Nominating Committee will be recommending a president-elect, four vice presidents, a secretary/treasurer, five at-large directors and directors from the Mid Hudson, Northeast, Queens/Brooklyn, Rockland, and Utica chapters. These nominees are then presented to the membership in a proxy/ballot that is sent out in April.

Under Article IX of the Society’s bylaws, the CPA membership-at-large fills nine Nominating Committee positions, and the Board of Directors designates the remaining two members.

Nominations Process

To be nominated for the committee, a completed Nominating Committee Petition must be received on or before 5 p.m. on August 14. Each petition must be signed by at least 10 CPA members (other than the nominee), all of whom have been members for five consecutive years. Members may sign only one petition; the signatures of members signing multiple petitions will be disregarded on all the petitions they sign. Petition signers must also certify that the nominee would serve if elected.

Potential Nominating Committee members should know that they may not themselves be nominated for any position. If you hope to serve on the Board of Directors, you should not put yourself forward for the Nominating Committee.

A candidate for the Nominating Committee must not be a current member of the Board of Directors or have been a member of the Nominating Committee either for the two immediately preceding fiscal years or for any three years after June 1, 2003. Also, he or she must have been a member of the Society for at least five continuous years, including at least two years of participation on either a statewide committee or a chapter executive board, or a combination of both.

Once all the Nominating Committee petitions are received, if more than nine people are nominated, we hold a membership election to determine the nine petitioners to serve on the committee. If fewer than nine nominations are received, the board will select the additional committee members, along with the two they designate under the bylaws.

Obtaining a Petition

To obtain a Nominating Committee petition, visit the Society’s Web site at http://www.nysscpa.org/downloads/petition. Once completed, the original signed petitions shall be sent to: NYSSCPA Secretary/Treasurer, 3 Park Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY. Failure of the post office or any other person or entity to deliver a completed petition to the above address by 5 p.m. on August 14, 2009 shall cause such petition to be disregarded. In addition, any submission of a petition by email or fax shall be disregarded.

First Meeting Date

The date set in the bylaws for the Nominating Committee to meet is January 14, 2010. In recent years, the Nominating Committee has also met via conference call in December to prepare for the January meeting.

For More Information

For additional information on the nomination process contact NYSSCPA Secretary/Treasurer Joseph M. Falbo, Jr. at secretarytreasurer@nysscpa.org or NYSSCPA Deputy Executive Director Joanne S. Barry at jbarry@nysscpa.org.
 
A copy of the bylaws can be obtained at www.nysscpa.org/society/bylaws.htm.

Members Ineligible to Serve on the 2009-2010 Nominating Committee

The following individuals may not be selected by the membership at large to serve on this year’s Nominating Committee because of their service either (1) currently on the Board of Directors, (2) previously on the 2007-2008 or the 2008-2009 Nominating Committee, or (3) previously on any three Nominating Committees after June 1, 2003.

Scott M. Adair
John Barone
Rosemarie Giovinazzo-Barnickel
Susan M. Barossi
Cynthia D. Barry
S. David Belsky
Ian J. Benjamin
Stewart Berger
Anthony Cassella
Robert H. Colson
Sherry L. DelleBovi
Robert Fagliarone
Joseph M. Falbo, Jr.
Allen L. Fetterman
Sharon S. Fierstein
Robert L. Goecks
Neville Grusd
Ronald B. Hegt
David R. Herman
John B. Huttlinger, Jr.
Martha A. Jaeckle
Scott J. Jaffee
Suzanne M. Jensen
Robert Kawa
John J. Kearney
Stuart Kessler
Lauren L. Kincaid
Gail M. Kinsella
Nancy A. Kirby
J. Michael Kirkland
Stephen F. Langowski
Mark G. Leeds
Elliot A. Lesser
Howard B. Lorch
Heather Losi
Anthony J. Maltese
Barbara A. Marino
Beatrix G. McKane
Mark L. Meinberg
David J. Moynihan
Avery E. Neumark
Richard E. Piluso
Robert A Pryba, Jr.
Joel C. Quall
Ita M. Rahilly
M. Jacob Renick
Thomas E. Riley
David M. Rubenstein
Erin Scanlon
Robert E. Sohr
P. Gerard Sokolski
C. Daniel Stubbs, Jr.
Thomas M. VanHatten
George I. Victor
Liren Wei
Charles J. Weintraub
Jesse J. Wheeler
Margaret A. Wood