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Have you been thinking of contributing more deeply to our amazing organization? Perhaps help shape its future in some spectacular way? Here is your opportunity to do so by joining the Club’s Board of Directors. Serving as a Director is a rewarding activity, and also quite fun!
Members can nominate themselves and/or other members as candidates for a three-year term on The Explorers Club Board of Directors. All candidates must be “paid-up” and in good standing and must fall into one of the following membership categories: Fellow, Member, Medalist, Honorary, Life and Emeritus. In order to be nominated, a candidate must meet all other requirements outlined in The Explorers Club Bylaws.
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For those interested, or want to learn more, the Nominations Committee will hold a short informational zoom meeting to address further questions. Details will be provided in the next notification.
The Board of Director nomination process has several steps:
November 13th 2022 – Submit your Biographical Sketch and Candidate Statement in accordance to the outline to [email protected].
December 4th 2022 – Complete an application and a Conflict of Interest Questionnaire and show basic knowledge about our Bylaws. The appropriate documents will be sent to candidates. Additionally, an independent security company will contact you directly to complete a background check. All information is confidential, however findings may be discussed as part of the nominations process by the Board of Directors.
January 14th 2023 – The Nominating Committee, based on a review of each candidate, will recommend to the Board a slate of candidates for the open positions on the Board of Directors.
March 2023 – The approved slate of candidates will be sent out to the membership for vote.
April 23rd 2023 – The results of the elections will be reported at the Annual Business Meeting of the Club the Sunday after ECAD by Honest Ballot, who is handling the Elections.
Biographical Sketch (400-word maximum)
This sketch should note at the outset the candidate’s chapter (or New York resident) affiliation and details concerning one’s present occupation, including key institutional affiliations, particularly those involving not-for-profit entities. It should also include the candidate’s exploration/field science credentials and any Flag expeditions they have taken part in. It is suggested that the candidate consider the “Attributes Desired of a Potential Director” when composing this sketch.
Incumbents running for a second Board term should enumerate their contributions to The Explorers Club during their first three-year term as a Director, with regard to verifiable fund-raising, or in-kind support, and specific contributions to the Club as a loyal, working Director and board-team member.
Candidate Statements (400-word maximum)
Responding to the questions posed below, these brief statements are intended to describe the vision of the candidate for the current and future direction of the Club, and how they could help implement that vision.
Questions to be addressed:
Please submit your bio and statement to [email protected] – no later than 6:00 pm EST on November 13th 2022.
We wish to thank you sincerely for your interest in serving on the Board of the Explorers Club. Though it does involve a commitment, serving our Club is very rewarding. The Board helps guide the Club into the future and ensure that its distinguished legacy is maintained. If you have additional questions, please send them to [email protected].
The Nominations Committee
Martin Kraus, Chair
Jeremy Hirschhorn, Committee Member
Kristin Larson, Committee Member
Synnøve Strømsvåg, Committee Member
Eric Zember, Committee Member