Spring Meeting Announcement

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
1:30-4:00 pm
Dakota County Historical Society

Please join us in South St. Paul at the Lawshe Memorial Museum and Research Library for the spring TCART meeting. The agenda will include a business meeting, election of the Secretary and Newsletter Editor positions, and a tour of the facilities. We will also be joined by representatives from MHS to discuss their Connecting to Collections program. A future announcement will have more details.

A business meeting agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting. If you have an idea or issue you would like to add to the agenda, please contact Erik Moore at moore144@umn.edu.

For the election of the two officer positions, a slate of candidates will be sent out to all current members by the Nomination Committee. Nominations can also be made from the floor. Voting will occur at the meeting.

The TCART fall meeting is open to all who are interested in attending. Membership information will be available at the meeting for those interested in joining. See http://www.tcartmn.org/2006/05/become-member_15.html for more membership information.

Only current members will be allowed to cast a vote for the officer election. Same day membership is allowed.

Officer elections 2009

At the spring 2009 meeting TCART will hold elections for two officer positions: Secretary and Newsletter Editor.

The positions will serve two-year terms beginning after the conclusion of the spring meeting. No individual may serve more than two consecutive full terms of office. The two positions form half of the TCART Executive Committee consisting of the four elected officers.

Descriptions of the two positions from the TCART Bylaws are as follows:

Secretary
The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the TCART and the Executive Committee; shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law; shall be responsible for the corporate records and archives; shall maintain membership records; and, in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of the secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the President or by the Committee. In the absence of the President, the Secretary shall preside at business meetings of TCART and at meetings of the Executive Committee.

Newsletter Editor
The Newsletter Editor shall produce an issue of TCART’s newsletter after each regular meeting. In the absence of the other members of the Executive Committee, the Newsletter Editor shall preside at business meetings of TCART.

Nominations may be made from the floor in addition to the slate proposed by the Nominating Committee. Voting shall be by ballot and election by simple majority of votes cast. Candidates unopposed for office shall be elected by acclamation. The Nominating Committee shall count the ballots and announce the results at the annual business meeting. Any election difficulties or ties shall be resolved by a majority vote of the members present at the annual business meeting session.