Meet WILPF US candidates, Feb. 20

By Darien De Lu, Elections Subcommittee of the Nominating Committee

The final list of WILPF US candidates includes a choice for the office of president/co-president and a single candidate for each of the other board openings. You can join a call to hear them respond to some key questions.

We have experienced candidates, and on Saturday, February. 20, you can hear the candidates respond to these questions.  Do you have a question you'd like us to ask the candidates?  Please send it to us at nominations@wilpfus.org.

So please, save the date to listen in to the meet-the-candidates call:

Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016,
at 7 pm EST, 6 pm CST, 5 pm MST, and 4 pm PST (about one hour long)
Call-in number -- (641)715-3670 (standard toll charges)
Participant access code -- 107284. 

The candidates and offices are as follows:

1. President or Co-Presidents
(running as a team) Barbara L Nielsen, San Francisco, CA Branch, and
Theresa Coté, Auburn-Foothills, CA Branch-in-formation

OR

Mary Hanson Harrison, Des Moines, IA Branch

2. Treasurer (completing last year of  3-year term)
Jeanmarie (Simpson) Bishop, AZ (at large member)

3. Development Committee Chair
Marybeth Gardam, Winter Haven, FL (at large member)  

4. Program Chair
Maureen Ngozi Eke, Mt. Pleasant, MI (at large member) 

5. Nominations Committee Chair
Laura A. Dewey, Detroit, MI Branch

6. At Large Board member
Dixie Hairston, Houston, TX Branch

Ballot packets will be in the mail shortly to members of WILPF.  Your return vote  must be postmarked no later than March 5.