Slate of nominees for board now stands at five

Masthead, The, Fall, 2001

Fred Fiske

At the end of July, Barry Rascovar of the Baltimore Sun alerted me that he had just decided to take an early retirement offer from his employer. Accordingly, he asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration for election to NCEW's board of directors.

In the past, NCEW's Nominating Committee and officers have recruited candidates to fill vacancies in the original slate after the withdrawal of candidates. In 1988, a nominee for secretary dropped out at convention time, and a successor was recruited virtually on the spot; since then, NCEW has adopted absentee voting, and candidates no longer are nominated at the convention. In 1998, a nominee for the board also withdrew -- but early enough so that a replacement candidate could be recruited and the membership, including absentee voters, could be notified of the change well in advance of the convention.

Because it would not be fair to the add-on candidate to stand for election without the "lead time" enjoyed by the other candidates who have been introduced to the membership in the summer edition of The Masthead, the Nominating Committee, in consultation with NCEW's Executive Committee, has decided to stick with the original slate that now consists of five candidates for the three open positions on the board of directors.

The five candidates represent a strong slate. The upcoming election still presents voting members of NCEW with both a difficult choice and an outcome guaranteed to contribute to a strong board of directors over the next two years.