Calling all docents who are interested in serving CAC beyond giving tours! This November, the docent body will elect its representatives to the Docent Council. We may not be Uncle Sam, but the Nominating Committee is seeking qualified, interested and eager docents who would like to serve.
The DC consists of 12 docent representatives, a docent-at-large, and a docent candidate representative from the training class. The council’s purpose is to convey the interests of the docents to the CAC Board of Trustees and staff and to provide governance for the docent body. The docent-at-large represents CAC docents as a voting, ex-officio member of the CAC Board of Trustees and is a voting member of DC.
This year, there are eight docent council slots open: six two-year slots, one one-year slot and a Docent-at-Large one-year slot. Most docent reps serve for two years; the docent-at-large serves for one year.
A docent is eligible for re-election after two years of non-membership. The term of office begins at the January 2020 DC meeting. Here is a summary for those docents interested in nomination:
1. Currently the DC meets the first Tuesday of the month from 6-7:30 p.m. at CAC. You are expected to attend these monthly meetings.
2. Regular members of DC are expected to join one or more committee, with one monthly meeting. The choice is theirs to make, with the idea that they will help the committee and provide feedback to the Council. If a nominee or newly elected docent already serves on a committee, he/she may remain on that committee.
3. The time commitment for a DC member who is serving on DC and one committee should average between 6 to 8 hours per month.
4. Docent-at-large representatives would add an additional quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees and an unknown, but usually small, number, of Board committee meetings.
If you would like to run for Docent Council and/or if you have questions about running, please contact Ed McDevitt, Chair of the Election Nominating Committee, at mc*********@gm***.com.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Aug. 21.
2019 Election Nominating Committee,
Ed McDevitt, Chair; Dave Gudewicz, Tom Stelmack, Robin Bauer, Bobbi Pinkert