Deadline to apply is Feb 1, 2024.
We will hold PTSA Officer (Executive Committee) elections at the May 23 General Membership Meeting. A Nominating Committee is required to compile and recommend the slate of officer candidates. The 5-member Nominating Committee will be elected by the membership at the February 15 General Membership Meeting.
If you are interested in nominating yourself as a candidate to serve on the Nominating Committee, please read the following requirements and then fill out the TJ PTSA Nominating Committee Candidate Self-Nomination Form linked at the bottom.
- To serve as a volunteer of the TJ PTSA, you must be a member of the TJ PTSA.
- Experience with PTA/PTSAs is not required but highly recommended.
- Involvement in the TJ community as a parent, student, faculty/staff is also highly desired. Having volunteered in the past is a plus.
- Familiarity with the TJ PTSA Bylaws, specifically the sections regarding officers and their responsibilities, elections, and the nominating committee, is good.
- Familiarize yourself with the TJ PTSA Nominating Committee Instruction document.
- Be willing to devote a fair amount of time immediately after the February 15 General Membership Meeting to conduct a search for Officer candidates. You will have to evaluate and interview multiple applicants, and then as a committee recommend at least one candidate per officer position. You will have resources from last year’s Nominating Committee to use, such as questions for the candidates, self-nomination form, etc. and you’ll get technical help from the EC as needed.
- You will need to present your slate of officer candidates at the April 18th General Membership Meeting, which will be held virtually. Self-nominations will be accepted for the officer positions as well, after the slate is reported.
- At that point you have fulfilled your responsibilities and the committee is disbanded.
If you’ve read all of the above and are still willing to serve, thank you!
Please fill out this TJ PTSA Nominating Committee Candidate Self-Nomination Form.
The form indicates when the self-nomination period will close; we may have to extend it if we don’t get the minimum number of self-nominations.
Bylaws Reference
For reference, here are the Bylaws sections related to the Nominating Committee:
Article 3 Section 9: The members of the nominating committee for officers of a local PTA/PTSA shall be elected by the general membership.
Article 5 Section 3:
Nominating committee:
A. Each member of the nominating committee must be a member of this local PTA/PTSA.
B. The nominating committee shall consist of an uneven number, not less than three (3) members, who shall be elected by the members of this local PTA/PTSA at their regular general membership meeting at least two (2) months prior to the election of officers. The committee shall elect its own chairman.
C. The nominating committee shall nominate at least one (1) eligible person for each office to be filled and report its nominees to the members at a regular general membership meeting at least thirty (30) days prior to the general membership election meeting. If the nominating committee is unable to recruit a candidate for an office that the nominating committee determines is qualified and who is willing to serve, the nominating committee nominations from the floor shall be necessary to fill the position. Similarly, if a nominating committee is not formed in a timely manner, then for each office for which there is or will be a vacancy, nominations shall be received from the floor. At the general membership election meeting, additional nominations may be made from the floor.
D. Only those persons who have signified their consent to serve, if elected, shall be nominated for or elected to such office.