Notice of NGS Annual Meeting & List of Nominating Committee Nominations

The Annual Meeting of the National Genealogical Society will be held at the NGS 2016 Family History Conference at the Greater Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, 1950 Eisenhower Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 5:15 p.m. EDT on Saturday, 7 May 2016.   The 2016 election of officers and board members of NGS will be held at said Annual Meeting. The following is a list of the nominations made by the NGS Nominating Committee:

President	Benjamin B. Spratling, JD	Alabama	2016–2018
Vice President	Teresa Koch-Bostic	New York	2016–2018
Secretary	B. Darrell Jackson, PhD, CGSM	Michigan	2016–2018
Treasurer	Daryl S. Johanson, CPA	Texas	2016–2018
Director Region 3	Jean Atkinson Andrews, CG	South Carolina	2016–2020
Director Region 4	Pamela Stone Eagleson, CG	Maine	2016–2020
Director at Large	Kathryn M. Doyle	California	2016–2020
Director at Large	Sharon Cook MacInnes, PhD	Virginia	2016–2020

Pursuant to the Bylaws of NGS, additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by not less than one hundred (100) members of NGS and submitted to the Nominating Committee at least fourteen (14) days prior to the election.  NGS members who wish to submit such a petition may e-mail it to the Nominating Committee at [email protected] or send it via U.S. mail to NGS Nominating Committee, 3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22204-4370.  To be considered for the 2016 election, any additional nominations made by such a petition must be received by 23 April 2016.  No additional nominations may be made after 23 April 2016 or from the floor of the Annual Meeting.  For information on open positions for the 2016 election including requirements for board membership, visit the website http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/2016_elections or write the NGS Nominating Committee at the address stated above.

The list of Nominating Committee members and additional biographical information on board nominees can be found at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/2016_elections.

Release Date: 9 April 2016

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