Nomination Process for At-Large Diversity Board Positions

In line with last month's Convention action to create four at-large diversity seats on the Executive Board, CWA is inviting members to submit information for nominations for interim appointments to the posts. Nominations will be made by the National Women's Committee, Committee on Equity and Minority Caucus to the Board by Sept. 1, 2007.  At-large diversity members will be elected to three-year terms at the 2008 Convention.  The process (which also is posted at CWA's website, here) is as follows.

Nominations must include the following information:

1. Name
2. Local number
3. Current position in local
4. Gender
5. Ethnicity
6. District and Sector
7. Other qualifying characteristic (optional)
8. Committee you want nomination sent to: Women's Committee or Committee on Equity
9. Best way to contact you
10. Brief list of experience
    • (Years in local union leadership, experience with bargaining, politics, organizing and representation. Feel free to mention accomplishments. Candidates will likely have a lengthy and expansive list of accomplishments and experiences but it is only necessary to provide 1-2 paragraphs.)

The Executive Board will be guided in its interim appointments by the goals set forth in the Implementing Resolution: "This Convention has adopted the necessary amendments to the CWA Constitution to add four At-Large Diversity Executive Board Members to the CWA Executive Board with the goal of having at least three be people of color and at least two women."

Nominations can be sent with information listed above by e-mailing: easterling@cwa-union.org, faxing: 202-434-1481 or mailing to Barbara J. Easterling, CWA Secretary-Treasurer, 501 Third St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001.

The information will be forwarded to the appropriate committee.