The current terms for the officers and directors of the Beech Aero Club end December 31, 2008. An election for officers and directors will be held between December 1 and December 15, 2008. The officers and directors elected will serve a two year term beginning January 1, 2009.Under the Bylaws Between October 1 and November 15 the Nominations and Elections Committee is responsible for nominating candidates to be officers or directors of the Club. The committee may nominate more than one candidate for any position. Nomination by the committee is not intended as an endorsement of the candidate but rather an effort to find willing candidates for each position. Between November 16 and November 30 open nominations are held during which any member may nominate himself or any other member for an officer or director position. Members may only nominate a member of the region in which they are a member for the position of Regional Director for that region. Regional Directors must be members of the region they represent.

The committee has nominated the following members for the positions indicated.

President Chris Linderman

Executive Vice-President Steve Cote

Secretary-Treasurer Brad Mitchell

Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Gary Boyce

Southeast Regional Director Doug Muse

East Central Regional Director Bob Schmidt

North Central Regional Director Candy Gooderum

South Central Regional Director Bo Boggs

Southwest Regional Director Dan Jonas

Candidates are sought for the following positions:

Northeast Regional Director

Northwest Regional Director

International Regional Director

Please consider taking an active role in the leadership of the Club and tossing your hat in the ring. If you nominate someone else please ensure that they are willing to serve. We would like to have two or more candidates for each position so please do not hesitate to nominate additional candidates for the positions that already have a nominated candidate.

Please send your nominations to me at cloyd@beechaeroclub AND to Tim Flight at tflight@gmail.com.

Thank you for adding to the resources available for your Fellow BAC Members.