Governance and Nominating Committee Slate for 2011-2012 MPI International Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Dear MPI Member,
Essential skills and competencies are always required for volunteer leadership serving on the international board of directors. During this important time of recovery and shift to a new reality for our industry, we are confident these bold leaders will contribute to moving forward our global meetings and events community.
We are pleased to enclose for your consideration the proposed slate of candidates, selected by MPI's Governance and Nominating Committee, for the 2011-2012 MPI Board of Directors officers and director positions. We’ve assembled a strong slate of talented community and business leaders with diversity of thought.
Sebastien Tondeur, 2010-2011 chairman-elect, will accept the chair position for fiscal year 2011-2012, and Eric Rozenberg will move from his role as chairman of the board to the position of immediate past chairman.
All unopposed nominees assume the offices for which they were slated effective July 1, 2011. For clarification of the nominating process, please see below or contact Sandra Riggins at sriggins@mpiweb.org.
Serving in an international capacity is an important opportunity and responsibility and we are confident these individuals will deliver success for the global meetings and events community.
On behalf of the Governance and Nominating Committee, we urge you to offer your support and congratulations to the nominees for MPI's highest volunteer leadership positions and wish them well in their roles.
Ann Godi, CMP
2011 Governance and Nominating Committee Chairwoman
2011 Immediate Past Chairwoman of the Board
The Nominating Process for MPI's International Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Each year the MPI chairman/chairwoman of the board appoints an International Governance and Nominating Committee according to MPI Policy. The committee is charged to examine individual leadership skills and experience paramount to MPI's respective leadership position in the global industry and review and ultimately select a slate of candidates to be presented to the membership for election to the highest leadership positions in the organization, the International Board of Directors.
A Candidate Application is distributed to all members. Once all applications are received, MPI staff compiles them and forwards them to the Governance and Nominating Committee. The Committee then contacts each candidate and conducts an in-depth interview.
The Governance and Nominating Committee spends up to two days reviewing the applicants, sharing the results of the interviews and deliberating the candidates' qualifications for the offices for which they applied.
Additional nominations from the membership shall be permitted if a minimum of two (2) percent of the membership as of December 31 of the year prior to the election have signed a petition to submit each additional nomination to the membership, provided such petitions are received on or before April 1, provided, however, not more than forty (40) signatures are from any one chapter. Petitions for additional nominations must be for a specific seat or office and must reflect the individual being challenged and the estimated cost of the election. A member must have applied for the position for which they are petitioning. The original application for the position must have included the submission of the candidate data and interest form. Petition forms must be developed by and received from MPI's official auditing firm and will be the only official form accepted. If there are additional nominations, an election shall be conducted by ballot to the membership.
During the deliberation process, candidates are considered for nomination based on their skills and experience balanced with the skills and experience desired for Board service. Many excellent candidates are not selected because there are a limited number of positions and a balance of many factors needed to be achieved in nominating the Board of Directors.
View the 2011-2012 Slate of Candidates.