Military Officer - January 2006 - (Page 12)

SEEKING APPLICANTS for MOAA’s Board M 1 Chairman’s Invitation MOAA is an association of individual members. When members vote on matters of importance, we don’t have a delegate system or vote by region, service, or component. We vote as individuals who hold or have held warrants and commissions in the seven uniformed services. It is one of our association’s great strengths: one officer, one vote. This year we will elect a new “class” of the board of directors — 12 new directors to succeed the 12 who will complete their service in November. Following our membership’s approval last year of a bylaw change, board eligibility now includes all officers — officers on active duty, officers in active status in the Guard and Reserve components (including those in the “gray area”), and former officers, as well as retired officers.1 The board is charged with governing and overseeing the operations of the nation’s fourth-largest military association. This year’s operating budget is some $20 million, and the board currently shoulders fiduciary responsibility for some $138 million in assets. These responsibilities demand directors who can think strategically and understand their responsibility to govern MOAA in the best interests of its members. MOAA directors serve one six-year term and must be members of the association. Each director serves on at least one of the 10 standing committees, which currently oversee strategic planning, finance and audit, government relations, health care, publications, council and chapter affairs, educational assistance, membership, member services, and investments. Most committee meetings are held in conjunction with the three scheduled board meetings each year. Interested officers should submit their applications and letters of recommendation by March 31, 2006. A nominating committee — one MOAA member from each service who is not an MOAA director — will consider all applications received. Details of the application process are on the facing page and will appear in the next two issues of Military Officer. Board seats are allocated by service and geographic region, and there are no quotas for uniformed officer grade. (Current directors served in grades W-5 through O-10.) The nominating committee also will be charged to consider service component (regular, Reserve, National Guard), gender, and ethnic diversity. The committee will seek candidates with special qualifications — such as financial management, investment banking, accounting, health care, legal, and political access — that complement essential board functions. MOAA’s continuing leadership in the world of military associations requires a broad cross-section of our membership on the board. We need a large number of well-qualified officers of all ranks in the application pool. Within MOAA’s membership there are many officers with the knowledge, experience, and special skills we can use to good effect. Each eligible voting member will receive a ballot with the August issue of Military Officer. Space will be provided on the ballot to write in votes for other MOAA members not on the committee’s slate of nominees. Online voting also will be available. New directors will take office after the annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, 2006. We need highly skilled men and women in all officer grades. Please consider offering yourself as a candidate, and above all, plan to vote in the upcoming election. DoD and Coast Guard ethics regulations provide that DoD and Coast Guard personnel may participate in the management of nonfederal entities, such as MOAA, in a personal capacity provided (1) they act exclusively outside the scope of their official positions, (2) they were not offered the management position because of their DoD or Coast Guard assignment or position, and (3) their management status or activities do not conflict with their official duties. Coast Guard officers also must secure a favorable ethics opinion from their servicing Coast Guard ethics attorney. 12 MILITARY OFFICER JANUARY 2006

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Military Officer - January 2006

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