Election Day: April 16
by Mel Haughton, 2009 Nominating Committee
The election of a new LSC Administrative Council and will be held at the April 16 program meeting. This year’s Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following slate of officers for the 2009-2010 program year:
Office |
Candidate |
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President |
Kristin Kirkham |
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First Vice President |
Arroxane Eber |
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Second Vice President |
Jackie Chamberlain |
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Parliamentarian |
Mike Hiatt |
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Treasurer |
Kristy Nolan |
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Secretary |
Robert Brown |
About the Candidates
Each candidate provided biographical information. Click on the candidate's name to read his or her biography.
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Kristin Kirkham (President): Raised in Flower Mound, Kristin graduated from Texas Tech University in 2006 with a BA in English, specializing in Technical Communication, and a minor in Psychology. Her involvement with STC began as a student at Texas Tech, and she continued her membership by joining LSC when she moved back to Dallas. Kristin's first job involved technical writing for a software company in Addison. Currently, Kristin is the lone writer for BearCom, a wireless solutions company in Garland. Her duties there include creating white papers, product overviews, crafting RFP responses, writing and editing for the company magazine, creating marketing copy for the Web site, crafting success stories and news releases, as well as maintaining the writing standards and branding guidelines for the company.
When she isn't working, she loves being with her friends and family. She loves hot Texas days, especially if she is on the lake or near the pool. She enjoys photography and anything that will make her laugh! Serving LSC in a leadership position is something that excites Kristin, and she looks forward to another great year!
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Arroxane Eber (First Vice President): Arroxane T. U. Eber is a Senior Technical Writer for Avid Technology in Irving. She has a master's in Technical Writing from the University of North Texas and a bachelor's in Liberal Arts from Excelsior College. Arroxane is a former U.S. Marine, member of the National Space Society, Big Sister, and polyglot. She's been active in LSC for several years in a variety of roles, most recently Second Vice-President for 2007-2008.
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Jackie Chamberlain (Second Vice President): Jackie has a BA in English from University of North Texas, with an endorsement in Technical Writing. After over four years as a Technical Writer at a local franchise headquarters, she is currently working on her Microsoft Certified Professional Certification (MCP) while looking for a new employer. Currently the VP of Public Relations for the TNT Toastmasters club, she looks forward to contributing to LSC, too.
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Mike Hiatt (Parliamentarian): Mike is a senior member of STC, having been a member of the Lone Star Community since he joined. He currently is a senior technical writer with Tekelec, GENBAND Inc., a telecom media gateway signaling and switching company. He previously served three years as Treasurer of the LSC and is currently serving Parliamentarian.
Major accomplishments include moving the LSC's checking to a no-charge account to eliminate banking fees and amending the bylaws to allow for electronic voting by the Administrative Council. He has volunteered for various projects, including judging STC competition entries for several years. Mike notes that he has enjoyed serving on the LSC council and looks forward to again serving the LSC in a leadership position.
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Kristy Nolan (Treasurer): Kristy is a senior member of STC. She is the Ground Ops Manager, Central Publications for Southwest Airlines, with a BA in biology from Hiram College and an MEd in environmental education from John Carroll University. Prior to joining Southwest Airlines, she was the assistant director of the SS William G. Mather Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Kristy just returned from her third Eye Care mission to assist the people of El Salvador.
Robert Brown (Secretary): Rob is a senior STC member. He has been active in the Lone Star Community (LSC) for about six years. This year, he is the LSC Administrative Council secretary. He also served as a judge for the 2009 STC International Online Competition. He has served as our LSC Competitions General Manager for two years, as a competition judge manager for two years, and as a competition judge for five years. In 2006, he received our chapter’s Distinguished Community Service Award. He has been a technical writer and instructional designer in Dallas for the past 20 years.
As our LSC Administrative Council secretary for 2009-2010, he will work closely with our LSC president to make sure that all LSC Administrative Council meetings are accurately documented, and that minutes are distributed to all Administrative Council members soon after each meeting. He will also build and maintain an online archive of all meeting minutes accessible from our LSC web site.
The Election Process
The election of officers takes place during the April 16 LSC meeting. The election process follows:
Who |
Task |
Each LSC member |
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Nominating Committee |
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Community President |
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Officers must be elected on the first ballot by a majority of members voting, either in person or by written proxy. If no majority is obtained for a particular office on the first ballot, or if there is a tie, a second ballot is taken for that office to decide by plurality among the two or more candidates who received the greatest number of votes on the preceding ballot.
Voting by Proxy
If you cannot attend the April 16, 2009 meeting and would like to transfer your voting privilege to another LSC member, you must do so with a written proxy, using the proxy ballot below.
- You can complete the proxy ballot and give it to the stated authorized LSC member.
- The person who is granted your proxy must present the signed proxy ballot when registering for the meeting.
- If you do not want to grant full proxy and instead authorize a vote for a specific person and office, state that in the proxy. Such a proxy is valid only on the first ballot.
- The proxy is valid only if the member granting the proxy signs it.
