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 docent candidate reps from training classes (None serving at present and this will not kick in again until the Class of 2019 is formed late spring 2019). The council’s purpose is to convey the interests of the docents to the CAF 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 CAF Board of Trustees and is a voting member of DC.
This year, one half, or six, slots, are open, with five incumbents eligible to run again if they so choose. Each docent rep serves for two years; the docent-at-large serves for one year. Docent Council representatives cannot serve for more than 3 consecutive terms.
A docent is eligible for re-election after two years of non-membership. The term of office begins at the January 2019 DC meeting. While the full scope of a DC rep is in the Articles of Operation, available on The Bridge, here is a summary for those docents interested in nomination:
- 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.
- 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.
- The time commitment for a DC member who is serving on DC and one committee should average between 6 to 8 hours per month.
- 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 Renee Purner, Chair of the Election Nominating Committee, at re**********@gm***.com,
The deadline for submitting nominations is Aug. 24.
2018 Election Nominating Committee,
Renee Purner, Chair; Hau Chy, Paula Frits, Ellen Shubart, Jessica Williams