The ATA Chronicle - May/June 2022 - 4

FROM THE PRESIDENT
Change for the Better
As we near the end of the second quarter of 2022, I'm pleased
to tell you that this year has already been a busy one in the best
possible way.
MADALENA
SÁNCHEZ ZAMPAULO
president@atanet.org
@mszampaulo
T
he Board of Directors
met in Alexandria,
Virginia, for its Spring
Board meeting in April
in conjunction with the
Certification Committee and
Language Chairs meetings.
In addition to reading and
hearing about the activities
of ATA divisions, chapters,
affiliates, and committees
in recent months, the Board
discussed the draft budget
for the next fiscal year as
well as plans to make some
changes that will affect the
Association in the months
and years to come. Here are
some of the decisions made at
the Board meeting and what
they mean for members.
Elections Policy Revision
This year, the Nominating
and Leadership Development
Committee (NLDC) had
their work cut out for them
as they put together a slate
of candidates to elect three
director positions for threeyear
terms and one director
position for a one-year term
(the latter to fill the director
position that became vacant
last year when PresidentElect
Veronika Demichelis
was elected to her current
officer position). The
NLDC proposed a change to
the Ballots section of
the Elections Policy, which
the Board approved. The
change is outlined with an
example below.
In the past, ATA has listed
candidates running for a
one-year term or two-year
term as a separate ballot item.
Going forward, all candidates
for director positions will
appear under the same ballot
item, with longer positions
being filled successively by
candidates who receive the
highest number of votes and
the shorter, unexpired term
positions being filled by the
candidate(s) receiving the
next highest number of votes.
In other words, if there
are three regular (three4
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year) director positions,
and two unexpired terms
(one one-year position and
one two-year position)
to be filled, the NLDC
would nominate at least 10
candidates for these five
positions. The top three vote
recipients would fill the
three three-year positions,
while the candidate
receiving the fourth highest
number of votes would fill
the two-year position, and
candidate receiving the fifth
highest number of votes the
one-year position.
The single ballot item
means that voting members,
not the NLDC, select the
individuals to fill any
unexpired terms. This
policy change applies to
elections only and has no
impact on current policy or
procedures for the temporary
appointment of individuals
to fill a vacancy on the Board
when it occurs.
ATA Annual Conference
Planning for our Annual
Conference in Los Angeles
(October 12-15, 2022) is well
underway. President-Elect
Demichelis will update you
with more details in her
column (see page 6), so I'll
stick to some changes the
Board is considering with
regard to this conference and
future conferences.
As Treasurer John Milan
informed the Board, this
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