Nominating Committee Annual Report 2021

submitted by Joe Clark

Current Roster

  • Joe Clark, Chair (2021)
  • Jessica Abbazio (2021)
  • Bruce Evans (2021)
  • Steve Landstreet (2021)
  • Kimmy Szeto (2021)

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  • Continued to tweak and implement a selection process for the final year of a three-year pilot initiative for an MLA Board Student/Early Career Representative. The Committee reevaluated how to best select the representative this year.
  • Prepared a slate of candidates for MLA Board Member at-Large, President-Elect, and Recording Secretary and made recommendations regarding the MLA Citation. The Committee posted the call for nominations in April, with many outstanding nominations received. For Members-at-Large, the Committee contacted nominees recommended by MLA members and by Committee members, narrowed the field to those willing to run, deliberated, and finally narrowed again to a six-candidate slate. The Committee also discussed potential recipients of the MLA Citation. The election slate and MLA Citation recommendations were submitted to the MLA Board of Directors for consideration at their fall 2021 meeting.

List of Future Goals

  • Updated the Committee handbook. The Committee completed revisions to clarify Committee processes and timelines, as well as include a list previous MLA Citation winners.