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2012 Annual General Membership Meeting Notice The 2012 Annual COAI General Membership meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 starting at 2:30 PM. This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, Kansas City SE – Waterpark, 9103 East 39 th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64133. This meeting is open to all current COAI members. Please bring your valid COAI membership card with you and attend this meeting. Michael Cox, Executive VP Requirements To Run For Office Should you decide to throw your “wig” into the mix and run for a COAI Board position on the 2012 ballot you must meet all eligibility requirements as established by the COAI By-Laws and State of Minnesota's Non-Profit Corporation law. Requirements are: 1. You must be in good standing and a member of COAI for two years prior to nomination. 2. You must submit a declaration of your candidacy of not more that 250 words. 3. You must submit a non-clown photo not more than 5”X7”. 4. Everything must be postmarked by January 15, 2012. 5. A nominee is not eligible for office if he or she is a voting officer of any National or International clown oriented association. This does not apply to regional or local clown associations such as your local alley. 6. Only one member of a family shall serve on the Board at one time. 7. Send to: Kolonial Klowns of Williamsburg Alley 357 C/O Ann Sanders, Secretary 225 Lake View Drive Toano, VA 23168 Guidelines for elections will be sent to all candidates as soon as the nominations have closed. The guidelines will give you the do’s and don’ts of campaigning. If you should have any questions, please email me at: coaiexecvp@aol.com. Michael Cox, Executive Vice President. Page 10 The New Calliope
WHAT!!! No Clown Of The Year? by Teresa Gretton Director of Membership You probably noticed that the magazine cover did not highlight this year’s Clown of the Year. Sadly, there will be no recipient of the 2012 Clown of the Year for Clowns of America International (COAI). Three wonderful nominee packages were submitted but each package was missing one or more of the mandatory criteria. A selection committee reviewed and considered each package; and after careful consideration, it was decided by the board to take a “hard line stance.” All three nominators were asked to resubmit their applications for next year with the additional information that is needed. When criteria are not completely met by the nominators, it throws a monkey wrench into the decision making of the committee and the board. Criteria must be “completely” adhered to in order to make a proper selection. The website explicitly indicates all criteria. The committee has suggested introducing a screening process by which the director of membership may contact the nominators with an opportunity prior to deadline to adjust specific criteria if needed. This idea will be taken into consideration. A deeper look will also be given to the criteria and the Clown of the Year program itself. New criteria will be forthcoming in time for the next program material to be submitted. So please keep an eye out for the new criteria via the website and The New Calliope. Meanwhile, continue to look for the best of the best clowns in your community. Look for clowns whom you feel have individual performance qualities and can be a spokesperson for all of COAI. Plan well in advance to ask for letters of recommendation. Make a list of required criteria and check each off prior to sending the package and don’t wait until the last minute. While it seems that nomination packages are received by deadline, missing criteria appears to be a result of not allowing sufficient time to prepare the application process. Keep in mind that some nominations have been resubmitted multiple times before winning the award. We have excellent and wonderful nominations, clowns well deserving of the Clown of the Year award. As a nominator, strive to not only coordinate all of the material, but aim to serve the nominee in all due respect by following all of the requirements. You will achieve your goal and make one nominee very happy. l l l Candidate Procedures For Election 1. Convention procedure: a. Ads may be placed in the convention program book, not to exceed ½ of a page or $50 cost. b. Displays: There will be a designated area at the convention hotel where posters and flyers can be placed for all to see. This location will be announced at the convention. There will be no posting of posters, flyers, or stickers throughout the hotel or elevators. This will put the host alley in a disfavorable light with the hotel and may cause added expenses for clean up. c. Meet the Candidates: COAI will host a “meet the candidates” time during the annual convention. During this designated time, the candidates can hand out inexpensive trinkets, stickers and flyers. Candidates not attending the convention should designate a person who will hand out his/her information. 2. COAI Database COAI reminds all candidates that any and all use of the COAI Database is restricted and not acceptable for use by candidates. 3. The New Calliope Due to cost of placing an ad or article, we are banning the use of The New Calliope for campaigning other than the allowed one-time submission of declaration for your candidacy, at no cost to the candidate. No other submission allowed. 4. Social Media – COAI Facebook page and COAI web site No campaigning will be allowed on the COAI Facebook page nor on the COAI website forums. The procedures listed above are put in place to make sure no one candidate will have an unfair advantage over another candidate. January/February 2012 Page 11
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