[Ec] Fwd: seeking an elected BoD member to serve on 2026 Nominating Committee

[David A. Burks]

And it has to be an elected member of the BoD? 🤔 And I'm guessing someone
who's term isn't up and would run again?

That means we have a limited number of people who are eligible band just
need to convince one to do it. I wonder if everyone who is eligible is
planning on running again.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:42 AM Christine Schmidt <cschmidt535 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi EC,
>
> I haven't had any responses from the Board. I'd reached out to Nardia,
> Jacqueline, and Joan individually prior to my email to the Board. The three
> declined prior to my reaching out to the rest of the Board.
>
> I thought about reaching out to Fanita, but decided that the proposal
> should be considered by the whole EC because it would make the Nominating
> Committee almost a duplicate of the EC. I think it's important that the
> Nominating Committee is composed of people who know the membership fairly
> well. Suggestions?
>
> Sincerely,
> Christine
>
> Christine Schmidt, LCSW, CGP
> Past President, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Christine Schmidt <cschmidt535 at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 5:01 AM
> Subject: seeking an elected BoD member to serve on 2026 Nominating
> Committee
> To: EGPS Board of Directors <bod at egps.org>
>
>
> Dear Elected Board Members,
>
> As required by the bylaws, the past-president is responsible for convening
> the Nominating Committee to fill Board vacancies for the upcoming terms. In
> that role, and also in the bylaws, the committee must include *at least
> one elected Board member.* So, I'm inviting at least one of you to serve
> on this time-limited committee with Joe and me.
>
> My experience on the committee in previous years is that we will likely
> need to meet twice and then would divide up some responsibilities to
> contact specific EGPS members. The outcomes of our contacts would be on a
> shared document, so as to minimize the number of meetings. I would aim to
> have the first meeting in early February to plan our strategy (nominations
> are due 2/14, so we can't do much before then). The next meeting would be
> in mid-March to assess the results and plan to address the gaps (final
> slate is due 3/31).
>
> *Let me know by Tuesday 1/20/26* if you can take on a new EGPS commitment
> for this short time. Once I have the committee formed, I'll canvas for
> convenient meeting dates.
>
> Sincerely,
> Christine
>
> Christine Schmidt, LCSW, CGP
> Past President, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
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