{"id":668,"date":"2014-06-11T11:19:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T18:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/erin\/?p=668"},"modified":"2017-04-13T09:19:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:19:24","slug":"pass-2014-nomination-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/pass-2014-nomination-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"PASS 2014 Nomination Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last Friday afternoon PASS announced the results of the 2014 Nomination Committee election<\/a>, and thanks to many of you, I was selected for the committee.\u00a0 I appreciate all of the PASS members that voted (539 people this time), whether the vote was for me or not.\u00a0 Every active PASS member with an updated profile can vote in elections, and I do believe it’s important to cast your vote each and every time.\u00a0 It’s one opportunity to help direct the path of the organization.<\/p>\n

I am fortunate to now have this opportunity to help shape “how things work” within PASS.\u00a0 We have our first NomCom meeting this week, and I’m looking forward to getting plans in place for the summer and preparing for candidate application reviews and interviews…and of course, the process.\u00a0 There is a significant portion of the election process that we will review, and I expect passionate discussion from my fellow committee members.<\/p>\n

I will share relevant NomCom information on my blog as I can.\u00a0 For those of you thinking about running, I recommend reviewing the Board of Elections Timeline<\/a>, and note that the call for applications opens on August 6th (just 56 days away, in case that’s the way your brain works \ud83d\ude42 ).\u00a0 If you’re thinking about running, I’d encourage you to do the following:<\/p>\n