08/04/2021 - NAMHSA Seeks New Recording Secretary

NAMHSA Seeks Recording Secretary Are you interested in being involved in NAMHSA? Do you have excellent written, organizational and computer skills? Can you devote four-six hours a week to the job? Then NAMHSA wants you! Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Recording Secretary position is now open. The NAMHSA Board of Directors thanks previous Recording Secretary volunteer Rachel Leslie for her involvement for these past months and we wish her all the best in her future hobby endeavors. The term for the Recording Secretary is three years, beginning in August 2020 and ending in July 2023. The Recording Secretary is a non-voting Board position. Responsibilities include: Record and post the bi-monthly Minutes for Board approval promptly. Minutes can and do include general discussion, new show listings, financial reports, and monthly regional representative reports. Maintain a permanent record of past Minutes. Administer and record the annual Representative and Vice-Presidential elections and any special elections that may occur (such as bylaw changes or interim officer elections). This includes the collection of applicant bios and ballot creation. Create and maintain the polls that the Board uses to vote on issues. Maintain a spreadsheet of NAMHSA members for balloting purposes. The individual in this position will work closely with the Show and Membership Secretary and the NAN Registrar to help keep track of new members. Required Skills: Excellent Word processing and computer skills. Must be comfortable with various Internet (Facebook, Google docs, bulletin board/forums, e-mail, etc) processes. Strong grammar/spelling and written communication skills. Proactive - self starter and finishing of projects, ability to follow directions, awareness/following of deadlines. The position requires utilizing the NAMHSA Board of Directors Forum multiple times per week, if not more during the busier months, for all communications. We strongly recommend compiling minutes daily during the month rather an all at once at the end of the month. While the position is a non-voting one, constructive opinions and discussion participation are always encouraged. If you are interested in applying for the Recording Secretary position, please contact the NAMHSA President, Robin Roberts, at president@namhsa.org.

08/01/2020 - 2020 NAMHSA Election Results

Welcome (Back) to the NAMHSA Board of Directors NAMHSA would like to congratulate Robin Kent (R2), Lindsay Diamond (R4), Nicole Ramos (R6), Meghan Namaste (R8), and Shira Roberts (R10) on winning their respective regions' Regional Representative Elections! The representatives began their 2020-2022 terms on July 13th during online Annual Meeting. All of the ladies, except Shira are returning for another term and we welcome them back as well as Shira to the Board. We would also like to thank Sara Parr and Christina Riley for their time spent on the Board as President and Regional Representative (Region 10) respectively. Thank you ladies for all your hard work. We are still on the lookout for potential Vice Presidential candidates. If you are interested, please contact President Robin Roberts at president@namsha.org. Duties are outlined here. Voter Turnout: Region 2 - 6 votes cast/17 possible, Region 4 - 5/17, Region 6 - 14/20, Region 8 - 7/28, 1 abstention, Region 10 - 11/23