107ist Board Elections Are Here

The 2012 season seems has come and gone. I’m sure we can all agree it was an experience we won’t soon forget.

After a busy third season we now enter our fourth round of elections for 107ist board members. The 107ist can only continue to work towards fulfilling its mission to support soccer in and around Portland, Oregon, from the grassroots to the highest professional level with volunteers to guide it and put in hours of work.

We have three board positions open this time and are now accepting candidate applications for them. Members selected this election will serve three-year terms from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016 (unless the Mayans were right). Lauren Prince has moved out of the country and will not be running again so there is an open seat that will be filled by a new board member. There other two seats up for election that are currently held by Sherrilynn “Sheba” Rawson and Jeremy Wright.

In order to offer the most complete insight into the candidates and their ideas a candidate forum will be held December 9, 2012 at the Bagdad Theater from 1:00-3:00. The forum will be moderated with questions to be submitted from the membership. Candidates should make this a priority to attend as this is a valuable place to express your vision of 107ist and where you would like it to go. The candidate forum will be recorded and offered online for our membership unable to attend, but attendance by our membership is strongly encouraged. The Bagdad will be staffed for both food and beverages. There will be a film shown afterwards to all who would like to stay and watch.

To apply for a board position please visit: http://timbersarmy.org/107ist/elections/candidate-application

Completed candidate applications must be received no later than 11:59pm on December 7, 2012.

You must be a 107ist member to run for the board of directors. If you would like to join or renew please do so here.

Election timeline:
Dec 1 – Dec 7, 2012 – Candidate applications accepted
Dec 7, – Dec 8, 2012 – New member sign-up closed (To enable a final list of voting eligible members to be downloaded)
Dec 9, 2012 – Candidate forum to be held at the Bagdad Theatre
Dec 10, 2012 Election ballots will be emailed to all current 107ist members
Dec 10 – Dec 17, 2012 – Voting window open
Dec 18, 2012 – Winners announced
Jan 1, 2012 – Winners start their 3 year term
The email address for all feedback and questions is elections@107ist.org

Thank you for your support,

The 107ist