The SEATA Elections Committee announces the opening of Nominations for the offices of SEATA Vice President and Secretary.  This election is for the 2013-2016 term for Vice President and Secretary.  Nominations should be submitted in writing before August 15, 2012, to either, Tom Bair, SEATA Secretary, or Gerard White, SEATA Elections Committee Chair (gerard.white@nicholls.edu).  Please use the SEATA Officer Candidate Nomination Form.

Per SEATA By-Laws, the eligibility requirements for these respective offices are:

2.1.2a.3   Candidates for Vice-President must meet one of the following requirements within the ten year period preceding the beginning of the election for the office: 1) served on the Executive Board; 2) served as a State Vice-President for a minimum of two years; 3) served as a chair of a standing SEATA/NATA organizational support group for a minimum of four years; or 4) served as Chair of a state educational or state meeting committee for a minimum of four years. 5) Candidates not meeting any one of the above individual requirements, then any combination of the prescribed experiences for this office totaling four years, within this ten year period, shall be acceptable to meet the candidacy requirement.

2.1.2a.4    Candidates for Secretary or Treasurer must meet one of the following requirements within the ten year period preceding the beginning of the election for the office: 1)  served on the Executive Board as a SEATA officer or State President for a minimum of two years; 2) served as a State Vice-President, Secretary, or Treasurer for a minimum of two years; 3) served as a Chair for a standing SEATA/NATA organizational support group for a minimum of three years.  4) Candidates not meeting any one of the above individual requirements, then any combination of the prescribed experiences for this office totaling four years, within the ten year period, shall be acceptable to meet the candidacy requirement.

2.1.2a.5   Years of service will be determined from the actual date that the candidate took the office of the respective requirement, to the date of the assumption of the SEATA office which they are seeking.