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IJA BOARD NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION RULES

Nominations are open for three seats on the IJA Board of Directors that are up for election in the summer of 2011. The size of the Board will remain at seven directors for the 2011 - 2012 term. 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 by mail 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 and finding the ballot in our magazine or online, see The Election: Voting below.

Deadlines at 11:59pm Pacific TimeSubmissions are accepted only by email to:
April 10, 2011 Nomination submission deadline for candidate's name to appear in our magazine (Summer issue).
April 15, 2011 Candidacy statement submission deadline for statement to appear in our magazine (Summer issue). Statements for our magazine are limited to 100 words.
May 15, 2011 Candidacy statement submission deadline for statement to appear in the IJA eNewsletter (May issue). Statements for the eNewsletter are limited to 350 words.
June 15, 2011 Nomination submission deadline for candidate's name to appear on the ballot at the festival and on this web page. Write-in votes will be allowed on the ballot.
June 15, 2011 Candidacy statement submission deadline for statement to appear on this web page. Statements for this web page are limited to 350 words.

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 page. You may vote for up to three candidates.



Board Candidates' Statements


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

Your Summer issue of our magazine contains a ballot that can be mailed in (or copied and mailed in) to vote in the election. You can also download the ballot as a PDF file (you must have your own 7-digit IJA access code in order to mail the ballot in). Alternatively you can vote in person at the summer festival.

Each mailed ballot must be in its own separate, sealed envelope with the following written on the outside of the envelope:

  1. the member's printed name
  2. the member's signature
  3. the member's seven-digit access code

The signed, numbered, sealed envelope containing one ballot must be mailed in another envelope (multiple family members may mail all their inner envelopes in the same outer envelope -- be sure to apply sufficient postage). Your seven-digit access code appears on the mailing label of your Summer 2011 JUGGLE magazine. (Note that your access code on the Summer JUGGLE will be different from your access code printed on previous issues. Access codes are changed for the ballot issue of JUGGLE each year.)

Mail your ballot to:


Mail-in ballots must be received by one hour before the annual membership meeting starts at the Festival.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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