Election Timeline and Process
March-April: Nominating Committee: WCMA Nominating Committee of at least three members and chaired by the Incoming President, begins its work. This includes an announcement to the WCMA membership that the Committee is accepting nominations for the positions on the Board that are up for election.The nominating committee selects candidates based on the objective of maintaining a board that is representative of the entire membership, which shall consider city/county mix, geographic distribution, position mix of chief administrative officers compared to non-CAOs, gender and population served.
The nominating committee must include on the ballot all eligible candidates nominated, including self-nominations, unless more than two times the number of candidates are nominated than positions to be elected. In that event, the nominating committee shall select a slate of candidates of no more than two times the number of positions to be elected.
May - MRSC receives names from nominating committee and collects a candidate bio and statement of interest from each candidate.
June – MRSC distributes the ballot to the WCMA membership. The ballot must have a space for write-in candidates.
July – Deadline for submittal of votes.
August – Election results are accepted by the WCMA Board at the annual conference.