If you have delayed in sending me your nomination for a voting member of
VARCOM, the deadline is October 1. Below is my original email where you
can find the relevant information. Please include a paragraph of
information supporting the nomination that can be used on the ballot
sent to the current committee members. Thank you.
As Chairman of the Virginia Avian Records Committee (VARCOM) I am
soliciting nominations for voting members of the committee. In general
voting committee members review records of bird sightings submitted to
VARCOM and vote on their acceptance. As per the bylaws for VARCOM, any
Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO) member may nominate one person who
has demonstrated expertise in the field identification of birds and
their distribution, accepts VARCOM's rules, and is a member in good
standing of the VSO. The duties of committee members are outlined in
section III.c.3 of VARCOM's bylaws.http://www.varcom.org/bylaws.html
It is the responsibility of the nominator to obtain the approval of the
nominee to be nominated prior to submitting the nomination. Each
nomination should be sent to me. The period of nomination will end
October 1, 2013. The new class of voting members of VARCOM will be
elected by VARCOM and approved by the Board of the VSO. This year two
new members will be elected for four year terms to replace John Spahr
and Arun Bose whose terms will expire at the end of the year and who are
ineligible to succeed themselves. Continuing committee members are
Andrew Baldelli, Richard Rowe, Nick Flanders, Adam D'Onofrio, and Mike
Stinson. I look forward to receiving your nominations.
Thank you,
Robert L. Ake
6603 Catherine Street
Norfolk VA 23505
