A currently serving District Director will be elected by the other District Directors to serve as a member of the Executive Committee and shall be known as Speaker of the Board.

Eligibility:  must have experience as District Director 2 years immediately prior to nomination/election.

Governance and Nominating Committee shall seek and nominate a qualified candidate.  A qualified member can self-nominate and their intent to run must be received by the Executive office, written or electronically by close of business the first weekday in December.  (Must be received by 4:30pm Monday, December 2, 2024.)

Election:  Election of the Speaker of the Board will take place by the end of the first meeting of the year and shall be chosen by the Board’s District Directors.

Term:  One year

Officers of the association include President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Immediate Past President.

Eligibility:

Nominating Committee:  Shall meet prior to the filing deadline for candidates.  Shall seek to proactively recruit candidates for officer positions who have demonstrated positive leadership abilities in their service to the association.

If a member meeting the requirements is not nominated by the Committee, but wishes to run for an officer position, the member may submit their intention to run to the Committee for consideration as a candidate. If a qualified member self-nominates, the intent to run will be due via written or electronic means to the Executive Office by the close of business on the 1st Tuesday in September. The Committee shall evaluate the qualifications of the candidates for eligibility. The Committee may submit one candidate for each position to the Board of Directors for approval as the Board’s nominee, or the Committee may report to the Board of Directors which candidates are qualified to run. The Nominating Committee will report the list of candidates to the Board on or before the second Tuesday in September.

Filing Deadline:  Intent to run by a qualified candidate must be received by close of business on the 1st Tuesday in September.  2024 – must be received by 4:30 pm on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

Election:  Elections for officers shall be held annually and will be managed by the Executive Office.  Elections for officers will take place the last full week of September and shall run from Monday to Friday.

2024 Elections will open at 8am Monday, 9/23/24 and close at 4:30 pm Friday, September 27, 2024.

Term:  Effective January 1 of the upcoming year and for a duration of 1 year.

Term Limit:  No person may be elected President for more than 2 consecutive terms.

Immediate Past President:  If the current President serves a second term, the Immediate Past President shall also.  Otherwise, the outgoing President will automatically take the place of Immediate Past President on January 1 of the year following the election.

All candidates must submit their intent to run by the designated deadline. Each candidate has the option to submit, with their intent to run, a photograph and 600 word bio which will be posted to the OSCA Election tab on the OSCA website.

This information must be received by 4:30 pm on Tuesday, September 5th for Officer Elections. It will then be forwarded to the campaign committee for consideration.  The OSCA will post submitted and approved candidate information, including photos and the 600 word bio, if provided, to the Election tab on the OSCA page prior to the first election email that goes out to membership. This information will remain on the election tab of the OSCA website until the completion of the election.

The OSCA will create an Election Tab on the OSCA website. This page will contain general election information. During election periods, it will also contain the candidates that are running for each position, and their photo and bio, if they have submitted it by the deadline.

OFFICER ELECTIONS

Candidates may submit one version of a campaign piece which will be reviewed by the Campaign Committee for accuracy.  The campaign piece must be submitted to the Executive office by the second Wednesday of the election month and must be in a PDF or word processing file.

The Executive Office will send out 3 emails to membership at the time of officer elections.

The first email will be sent in advance of the election and will include an announcement of the election window and link to the election page where all candidates and their information can be viewed.

The second email will go out Monday morning at 8:00 am of election week, announcing that the election period has opened, as well as a link to the OSCA election page where all candidates and their information can be viewed.

The third email will go out Thursday at noon and will remind members that the election closes the next day, Friday at 4:30 pm. It will also contain the link to the OSCA election page where all candidates and their information can be viewed.

The link to vote will come out via a separate, secure third party election email.

Candidates will be listed by the position for which they are running. In a contested race, the incumbent will be listed first, and the opposing candidate(s) will be listed next.

In the event there are no contested officer positions, the candidates will be listed on the OSCA elections page, however, no campaign pieces will be distributed, and a link to vote will not be created.

DISTRICT DIRECTOR ELECTIONS

District Directors may also submit a photo and 600 word bio for their election. If so, this must be received by the designated deadline to submit intent to run.  The bio and photo will be displayed on the OSCA website election tab. In a contested election, a link will be included in each of the 3 emails sent out to members in your district.

The first email will be sent in advance of the election and will include an announcement of the election window and link to the election page where all candidates and their information can be viewed.

In the event there are no contested District Director positions, an election will not occur.