Faculty Association Accepting Nominees for Board of Directors Positions

December 2021

1. President’s Report

2. Pandemic Prompts Pause in Sessional Travel Grant Program

3. UMFA Strike Ends as Members Ratify Agreement

4. Long-Time Association Board Member Truly a Good Servant

5. Faculty Association Dues are Tax Deductible

6. Faculty Association Holiday Office Closure

7. Faculty Association Accepting Nominees for Board of Directors Positions

8. Changes to the Board of Directors

The Faculty Association is accepting nominations for Board of Directors as well as for President and Chair of the Board of the Board of Directors.

The Association is accepting nominations for six (6) directors; five (5) with up to three-year terms, and one designated sessional director which has a one-year term. All current members (as of February 8, 2022), and recent members who have held a sessional membership at some point since May 1, 2021 are eligible for nomination to the Board of Directors.

Only those who have served on the Board of Directors for at least one year during the previous five years or are current members of the Board of Directors may be nominated for the role of President.

Nomination forms can be requested from the Faculty Association office. All nominations and related materials must be submitted electronically to [email protected] by Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. Please note that nominators must be current members of the Association and no member may nominate more than two candidates.

Potential candidates should be aware that Board of Directors meetings are regularly scheduled on Tuesday afternoons, approximately once per month from September to June. Additional meetings are scheduled as required. Board members are also often appointed to a variety of other Association, university, and external committees as representatives of the Association.