January 2004 | Vol. 22/No. 1

Call for Candidates for 2004 SVU Election

The 2004 SVU Nominations Committee, Chaired by 2004 President-Elect Melissa Vickery, is now soliciting candidates for the 2004 Annual Election at the SVU Annual Conference in June 2004 in Anaheim, CA. Although the deadline for nominations is January 9, 2004, there is still time for you submit your name for consideration.

In 2004 SVU will be electing a Secretary position for a one-year term from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005. The reason for the election of a Secretary for a one-year term is that right before the 2003 Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC, Jean White, the only Secretary candidate for a two-year term (2004-2005), withdrew from the election for family reasons. Since there was no other Secretary candidate, no Secretary was elected in Charlotte for the 2004-2005 term. After checking with SVU's attorney over proper procedure to fill this open Secretary position, in September 2003 the SVU Board appointed Board member Kathleen Carter to serve as Acting Secretary in 2004. At the 2004 election a Secretary will be elected to fill a one-year term (2005). In June 2005, an election will be held to fill all SVU officer positions for a two-year term (2006-2007).

Also during the 2004 SVU annual election in Anaheim, CA, three Board of Director positions will be filled for three-year terms from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2007.

If you would like to be considered for nomination as a candidate for either the Secretary position (one-year term) or a Board Director (three-year term), you must

• have been a SVU member in good standing (dues paid) for at least one year;
• have achieved and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology;
• have provided service to SVU on the local or regional level, chapter level, and/or national level;
• be formally supported by your employer to participate in SVU Board meetings, conference calls and other required Board activities, and
• disclose existing and/or potential liaisons with other professional societies and/or organizations prior to acceptance of a nomination to run for the SVU Secretary position or a Board position.

Only technologists whose primary employment activity is performance of noninvasive vascular testing, supervision of vascular personnel and/or management of a noninvasive vascular testing or diagnostic facility, education and/or training in the field of vascular technology, and/or who are currently receiving full-time training as vascular technologists are eligible to serve on the SVU Board.

All candidates for the Secretary position (2005) must have been a SVU member in good standing for two years and have served within the past three years as a member of the Board of Directors for at least a year.

Candidates may nominate themselves or may be nominated by a peer. Please use the SVU Candidate Profile Form and Nominations Form.

Deadline for the Candidate Profile Forms and Nomination Forms for the 2003 SVU Election to be received at the SVU office is Friday, January 9, 2004.

Once the Nominations Committee presents its recommendations for the officer and Board candidates to the Board, a ballot will be mailed to all current SVU members, as well as posted on the Members' Only page of the SVU website.

Please note that the SVU Bylaws state that additional nominations for Directors may be made by petition signed by at least 25 SVU members, and with written permission of the nominee. Such petitions must be received at the SVU national office by March 1, 2004 to allow adequate time for the additional nominations to appear on the election ballot.