Use this form to nominate candidates for the 2016-2018 APRA-NW board of directors. You can nominate as many members as you want.

**It is 100% okay to nominate yourself!**

If you nominate another person, an APRA-NW board member will contact that person to gauge their interest and allow them to edit their own nomination biography. Nominees must be APRA-NW members in good standing at the time of the election.

This year, the positions up for election are:

President
The President is responsible for setting the strategic direction and priorities of the chapter, in consultation with the board and the membership. S/he chairs all meetings, sets the agenda for the board meetings, and acts as a spokesperson for members of the local chapter. Serves as the representative for the chapter to APRA International.

Membership Chair:
The Membership Chair works to retain existing members, does outreach to promote APRA-NW and recruit new members, and maintains member information for APRA-NW records. S/he also processes applications for new members and membership renewal (works closely with the webmaster and treasurer).

Mentorship Chair:
The Mentorship chair is responsible for the Mentor program, which matches volunteer mentors with members who want to be mentored. Collects data on the successes, challenge, and preferences of mentors and mentees to continually improve the program.

Webmaster
The Webmaster maintains the APRA-NW.org website. Updates information and events. Acts as main liaison to web hosting and related vendors and manages these accounts.S/he is responsible for creating and maintaining web and online forms, managing and maintaining the chapter web site including job postings, event notes and registrations.

Conference Chair <<<------- revised position
The Conference Chair is responsible for coordinating the annual APRA-NW chapter conference. This involves: vetting and  securing speakers, location, and content for the conference, as well as communicating frequent updates to the other members of the board.  S/he handles the conference logistics, and prepares conference materials with the assistance of a conference committee member. CONFERENCE CHAIR IS A ONE-YEAR POSITION - New to the September, 2016 conference, the Conference Chair will be a one-year position, followed by a year of conference committee service.  The outgoing conference chair will remain on the conference committee to offer transitional support, and help train the incoming chair on conference logistics and expectations.