March 2020 News and Updates - First Quarter Meeting Notice and Call for WVNA Nominations
Posted almost 5 years ago by Julie Huron
The West Virginia Nurses Association will be electing new officers to its board of directors in the early fall of 2020. The positions that will be open are; President- Elect, Treasurer, Voting Delegate to the ANA Membership Assembly, Early Career Nurse and committee positions on the WVNA Nominations and Awards Committee. Those interested in running for these positions should submit a letter of intent, a current CV, a biography, and a photo. Applicants must be a full member in good standing of both WVNA and ANA. Information is due to WVNA by April 30, 2020 and nominee information will be published in the West Virginia Nurse.
Functions of Officers
President Elect: The president-elect shall assume all the duties of the president in the president’s absence and shall serve as a board liaison for committee chairs, shall be a member of both the Health Policy and Legislation Committee and WVN-PAC.
Treasurer: The treasurer shall be the chair of the Finance Committee, shall be accountable for the fiscal affairs of WVNA and shall provide reports and interpretation of WVNA’s financial condition and will present at the annual meeting of the Membership Assembly, and the quarterly Board of Directors meetings.
Voting Delegate: The Voting Delegate to the ANA Membership Assembly, shall represent WVNA at the ANA Membership Assembly meeting.
Early Career Nurse: The Early Career Nurse, who has earned initial licensure as a registered nurse no longer than four years prior to his or her election, to serve a term of two years as a voting Director member of the Board.
Nominations and Awards Committee: Two Committee members shall be elected to implement and oversee that the policies and procedures set forth by the WVNA Board of Directors and adopted by the Membership Assembly for conducting valid elections are followed and to implement the policies and procedures set forth by the WVNA Board of Directors for bestowing awards.
Additional information can be found at www.wvnurses.org. Please send your letter of intent, CV, biography and photo to centraloffice@wvnurses.org. Please use MS Word for text submission and send photos as a separate jpg file.