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IJA BOARD NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION RULES

Nominations are open for four seats on the IJA Board of Directors that are up for election in the summer of 2016.

The size of the Board will remain at seven directors for the 2016 - 2017 year. Please see the Duties and Expectations of Board Members below.

Nominations may be made by any IJA member in good standing for at least one year. The election will occur during the annual summer festival. IJA members may cast votes online in advance of the festival or in person at the festival.

Nominations as well as the candidacy statements of nominees must be submitted by email to by the deadlines indicated below. No other form of submission is accepted.

For information on voting see The Election: Voting below.

Deadlines at 11:59pm Pacific Time	Submissions are accepted only by email to
June 17, 2016	Nomination submission deadline for candidate's name to appear on the ballot.
June 17, 2016	Candidacy statement submission deadline for statement to appear on IJA web pages and in IJA election notices. The candidacy statement is limited to 300 words and cannot be changed except within the first 48 hours after it is originally submitted.

See the full IJA Pre-Election and Election Regulations

Board Candidates

The names of board candidates nominated are shown below, in the order nominated. Click on a name to go to their candidacy statement. You may vote for up to four candidates.

• Scott Cain
• Ian Michael
• Louis Skaradek
• Nathan Wakefield

Board Candidates' Statements

• Scott Cain

  If elected to the IJA Board, I will bring strong organizational and evaluative skills, new ideas in the area of outreach, and a desire to build and strengthen the organization. I would like to see the IJA reach out to past members who are no longer on our active membership rolls, and see what we can do to bring them back into the fold. I would continue to strengthen our international outreach which has been so successful in recent years. We should develop more members-only perks as incentives for people to join, and connect more with local clubs. I would like us to increase membership of professional jugglers by having the organization be of real benefit to them. I would look at ways of driving up attendance at the annual IJA Festival. I have been an IJA member for over 30 years, and am an IJA Life Member. El Paso will mark my 17th IJA festival, and this is my seventh year as Numbers Championships Co-Director. In addition, I also write a monthly article for eJuggle, and am also the assistant curator of The Historical Juggling Props Museum. Personally, I have reached out to many of our early members to ensure that they stay connected to today’s IJA. I am a part-time professional juggler, part-time theater critic, and work full-time as Chief, Operations Services (Staff / Quality Assurance) for TTB. I am certain that my varied experiences and skills will help the IJA continue its wonderful history and become even more relevant in the future.

• Ian Michael

  I am excited for this opportunity to assist the IJA! I have great experience organizing, promoting, and running festivals. I would love to help the IJA expand it's reach. I feel we can increase festival attendance by reaching out to more local communities. Every since I won the photo contest for IJA67 I have wanted to get more involved. I am creative, hard working, and dedicated. Since 2011, I have helped flowfests.com expand from South Florida to across the nation. I'd love to lend my skills to the IJA in whatever way I can. Thank you.

• Louis Skaradek

  My name is Louie Skaradek, I have been nominated for my second term on the Board of Directors. Over the last two years I have rendered assistance to my community of fellow jugglers by tackling projects from 'Officer Write Ups' to 'Website Development' and have been a regular at our two monthly meetings where we have voted on policy, overseen the budget and discussed the future goals and projects of the IJA.

  As a member of the IJA Board of Directors, I would like to be part of the team as we finish the website development project - which is looking really sharp and functional. I would like to help with increasing our membership and continue the development of our current YJA, IRC and World Juggling Day projects.

  I am looking forward to working with the current and new members of the board as we further the goals of the IJA and its members.

  Thank you for being a member of the IJA and thank you for your consideration.

• Nathan Wakefield

  I've had the honor of serving two terms on the IJA Board of Directors and have spent the last two years as Chairman of the organization. I'm proud to represent the organization, and humbled to be a part of something so great with such an illustrious history. Over the past few years, I have worked on projects that include digitizing old video footage, streamlining financial operations, and creating organizational documentation. In my day job, I work in marketing for the IT industry, and am involved in the local film community. I also help to coordinate various local juggling events and festivals. I would be happy to continue to serve the IJA in any way that I can.

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Duties and Expectations of Board Members

The IJA Board of Directors manages this nonprofit corporation for the benefit of its members. The board is composed of seven people, with elected directors serving two-year terms. Approximately half of the seats are up for election each summer.

The directors are asked to meet in person at the summer festival. Each board member sits on one or more committees, is expected to communicate regularly by email, must have web access, and will attend phone meetings about once a month. Directors should expect to spend some hours each week on behalf of the IJA.

In addition, all candidates should understand that the members of the Board of Directors are legally responsible as fiduciaries in setting the goals and policies of the IJA, managing its finances, overseeing its employees (if any), and administering its programs. At all times, the members of the Board of Directors must act in good faith and in the best interest of the corporation.

This is a great opportunity for you "to render assistance to fellow jugglers."

The Election: Voting

All regular, life, youth, and family IJA members thirteen years old or older as of July 27, 2016, may vote, either online in advance of the IJA Festival or in person at the IJA Festival in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.

Mail-in ballots will not be used this year. You can vote either:

1. ONLINE until 11:59pm EDT, Saturday, July 23, 2016; or
2. ON-SITE at the IJA Festival in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.

Online voting is easy and only takes a minute or two. Or if you'll be at the IJA Festival, you can vote there in person on July 27, 2016.

Online voting will likely be opened soon after nominations are closed. To vote ONLINE before the festival, go to:

http://ym.juggle.org

and Sign In (either by clicking Sign In at the top or using the Sign In box at the bottom.) Once you are signed in, click on VOTE in the red band at the top. ("VOTE" won't appear unless you're signed in.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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