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

[Fanita Henderson]

Can we discuss further on Thursday? I would need more info.

Fanita

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On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 at 1:56 pm, David A. Burks <davidaburks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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