Deadlines approach for candidates, amendments, student/at-large delegates
As provided in the TCTA governance documents, written nominations for candidates for TCTA office must be received at headquarters by Tuesday, November 1, 2011, for names to be printed on the ballot at the 2012 Representative Assembly (February 9-11, 2012, at the Westin Galleria Hotel in Houston). November 1 is also the deadline for proposed amendments to the TCTA Constitution and Bylaws to be received to be eligible for a lower percentage vote for adoption.
November 1, 2011, deadline
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE: The TCTA Bylaws specify that to be eligible to run for office, an individual shall: 1) have been an Active member of the Association for at least four consecutive years immediately preceding election, 2) be a current TCTA member, and 3) hold membership in his/her local association (where applicable). Additionally, a candidate for District Director or Director-at-Large is eligible for election in the TCTA district corresponding to the public school district in which he/she is employed, and no two Directors may serve from the same local CTA unit concurrently as long as there is more than one local association in a TCTA district. The Bylaws also specify that a person shall be ineligible to run for a District Director or Director-at-Large position if election would extend tenure in office beyond five consecutive years as a member of the Directors’ Council.
Nominations for office (including Director-at-Large) must be made in writing and may be submitted either in letter form specifying the office sought (including, for a district directorship, whether a one-year or two-year term will be sought, if both are available in that district), or by completing a “Qualifications and Consent Form,” which is available from TCTA headquarters on request.
Nominations and proposed governance document amendments may be submitted by U.S. mail, FAX or e-mail to:
TCTA Executive Director
P.O. Box 1489
Austin, TX 78767-1489
FAX: (512) 469-9527
E-mail: webmaster@tcta.org
OFFICES OPEN FOR ELECTION OR RE-ELECTION: Nominations may be made for the offices of President-Elect, Budget Committee Chair, Curriculum & Instruction Committee Chair, and Teacher Personal Services Committee Chair. All districts have staggered terms for their directors and, therefore, at least one director position will be open for election or re-election in each TCTA district. (Please note that the number of Directors-at-Large needed to serve on the Directors’ Council, determined by the proportion of ethnic minorities elected to serve on the Council versus the ethnic-minority composition of the TCTA membership, cannot be determined until Council elections are completed at the annual meeting.)
Detailed information regarding the offices that will be available for election or re-election will be mailed to local association presidents this fall. Individuals whose nominations are not received by midnight on November 1, 2011, may be nominated from the floor, but will not have their names printed on the official ballot.
December 12, 2011, deadline
DELEGATES-AT-LARGE AND STUDENT DELEGATES: TCTA “Active” members who teach in a school district with no TCTA local affiliate may serve as voting delegates to the 2012 Representative Assembly.
Allocation is made on the basis of one delegate per district for each 50 Active members-at-large (or major fraction thereof). Student members may serve as nonvoting delegates, and delegate status is allocated on the basis of one delegate for each 50 student members (or major fraction thereof). Active level members teaching in a school district without a TCTA local affiliate, or student members interested in serving as delegates, may submit their names to the TCTA Executive Director to be included in a random drawing. Submissions must be made in writing and postmarked no later than Monday, December 12, 2011 (60 days prior to the annual meeting). Names may also be submitted by that date via fax transmission to (512) 469-9527 or e-mail to webmaster@tcta.org.
