ATA 选举 2024: Call for Nominations

The 2024 Nominating and Leadership Development Committee is pleased to announce the call for nominations from ATA’s membership to elect a president-elect (one unexpired position to be filled for a remaining term of one year) and fill four directors’ positions (three regular positions, each for a three-year term, and one unexpired position to be filled for a remaining term of one year).

选举 will be held at the Annual Meeting of Voting Members during ATA’s 65th 年度会议 in Portland, Oregon, October 30-November 2, 2024!

Who is eligible to be nominated?

ATA的规章制度,所有 活跃成员 of ATA are eligible to run for elected office. 活跃成员 are those who have passed an ATA certification exam or who are established as having achieved professional status through Active Membership Review 或通过 ATA's Credentialed 翻译 识别过程.

活跃成员 must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. Other membership categories are not eligible to serve as officers or directors. 如何ever, any member may submit a nomination.

委员会成员 Nominating and Leadership Development Committee are not eligible to run for elected office.

Submitting your nomination

Any ATA member may submit a nomination. Self-nominations are also permitted and encouraged.

Nominations should be submitted as early as possible so that the Nominating and Leadership Development Committee can fully consider proposed candidates. The deadline for submission is March 29, 2024.

Before submitting a nomination, consider the following:

  • Contact the nominee first, explaining your intention and the fact that a nomination does not guarantee a formal invitation to run for office.
  • Keep in mind that ATA officers and directors serve on a volunteer basis. Please do not nominate colleagues who express serious concerns about service, or who have conflicting priorities.

Become an ATA Voting member

It’s easier than you think! ATA Associate Members who can demonstrate that they are professionally engaged in translation, 解释, or closely related fields may apply for ATA Voting Membership. 如何? 点击 Become a Voting Member 为了找出答案!

提名表格

Use this form to nominate an ATA member for the position of president-elect or director.

The nomination period has now ended.

The nomination period has ended.

Procedure for adding nominees to the slate of candidates

If a nomination is not put forward by the Nominating and Leadership Development Committee to ATA’s 董事会, an Active member may petition to be added to the slate of candidates by submitting the nomination in writing along with the signatures of at least 60 Voting members endorsing the nomination.

Petitions must be received by the Nominating and Leadership Development Committee no later than 30 calendar days after the first publication by the 董事会 of the slate of candidates proposed by the Committee.

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