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2024 National Official Nomination Instructions

Nominations Instructions

The USAWOA national elected positions open for nominations are as follows: President, Vice-President, Secretary, European Region Director, Western Region Director, Mid-Northern Region Director, Mid-Southern Region Director, Southeastern Region Director, and Northeastern Region Director.

USAWOA Form 200-13 must be submitted to nominate fellow Regular Members or themselves for national offices within the association. (NOTE: Associate Members may NOT hold elected office.) Those nominated should reasonably expect to be able to complete a two-year term of office. In accordance with the USAWOA Bylaws, those nominated for the Offices of President, Vice President, and Secretary must reside within 300 miles of the USAWOA Home Office. Also, those nominated as Regional Directors must reside within the region for which they are nominated. The three methods of Nomination are:

1) Regular Members may declare candidacy for any office subject to the requirements above.

2) Any member may nominate any Regular Member meeting the requirements above. Permission must be obtained in writing from the nominee prior to submission of this form.

3) A Region or Chapter may nominate a Member meeting the requirements above. They also must obtain written permission from the nominee prior to submission of this form.

Each nominee must submit a written resume plus a head-and-shoulders photograph with any nomination. In accordance with USAWOA Bylaws, nominations, candidacy declarations, and resumes must be received at the USAWOA Home Office not later than 90 days prior to the first business day of the USAWOA Annual Meeting of the Members, thus permitting the ballot to be printed and mailed to each member. Therefore, all nomination materials must be received no later than 29 July 2024 by the Nominations Committee Chairperson, by email to treasurer@usawoa.org or by mail to: CW5 (Ret) Joachim (Joe) Consiglio, C/O USAWOA National HQ, 462 Herndon Pkwy Suite 207, Herndon, VA 20170, to meet this requirement.


Resume Instructions for 2024 Nomination for National Office

(Heading Information)

Grade/Name _________________________________ Address _______________________________________

Region/Chapter ______________________________ Office & Home Phone ___________________________

Office Sought ________________________________ E-mail address _________________________________

The nominee resume for a National Office is limited to 800 words. A quality resume will contain the following four elements of information:

  1. The number of years of USAWOA membership and the elected or volunteer Association positions previously or now held.
     
  2. Comment on what the candidate believes his or her experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities can contribute to the betterment of the Association and Warrant Officer Corps.
     
  3. Comment on what the candidate believes to be the most significant challenges (no more than three) facing the Warrant Officer Corps, presently or within the next five or more years, and how they believe USAWOA can best assist the Army and the Corps to meet these challenges.
     
  4. Comment on the most significant challenges (no more than three) that face USAWOA, presently or in the next five years, and how they believe the Association leadership, Chapter, Region, and/or National, can best meet these challenges.

You may visit the USAWOA website at: https://usawoa.org/about/nominations_2024.html for a sample resume template.

NOTE: The resume should be inserted immediately after Office Sought above. Attach a head and shoulder photograph to the nomination and submit with a resume by email to treasurer@usawoa.org or by mail to: CW5 (Ret) Joachim Consiglio, C/O USAWOA National HQ, 462 Herndon Pkwy Suite 207, Herndon, VA 20170, to arrive not later than 29 July 2024.  Nominee resumes should be of 800 words or less, and will be printed in the Newsliner magazine.  Instructions will be provided to Members who wish to view full nominee resumes online if they need to be edited down to meet space requirements.

Signature and Date __________________

Complete the Nomination Form Below


462 Herndon Parkway, Suite 207
Herndon, VA 20170
+1 703 742 7727

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