2020 Board Elections

Dear ACCT Members,

I hope all of you had a productive and busy summer season. It is time to begin preparing for the 2020 ACCT Board of Directors election. This year three positions (3) are open for election. Two positions (2) are elected by the Accredited Professional Vendor Members (PVMs), and one position (1) is elected by the Individual and Organizational members of ACCT (B2B, B2C and Stakeholder/Affiliate).

Election Procedures:

According to the current Association for Challenge Course Technology bylaws, any member of the association may nominate an individual, with that person’s permission, to serve on the Board of Directors, and any member may place his/her own name up for nomination for a position on the Board of Directors.

Individual and Organizational Nominations:

A candidate must be an Individual or Organizational member of ACCT and may not work for a Professional Vendor Member.  Candidates in this part of the election may not run for a seat elected by PVMs in the same election.  Anyone wishing to run for this Board seat must send in a nomination form by Friday, December 6, 2019.  The nomination form can be submitted electronically and must include the following: 

Nomination Statements must include:

  • Full Name and headshot photo
  • Brief work history as related to the challenge course industry
  • Previous volunteer experience (within and/or outside of ACCT)
  • Qualifications
  • Position statement including pressing issues, or hot topics you are passionate about in our industry

Nomination form can be found HERE.

Voting for a Board Member Elected by the Individual and Organizational Members:

Voting for this position will be conducted online.  A member may cast one vote.  Online voting will be available from December 11, 2019 until January 10, 2020. 

Accredited Professional Vendor Member (PVM) Nominations:

Candidates wishing to run for this position must fill out a nomination form, which includes a nomination statement (maximum of 400 words), and must be submitted electronically by Friday, December 6, 2019.  Candidates do not have to be affiliated with a PVM company but will be elected by PVMs.

In accordance with the current ACCT bylaws, write-in nominations or candidates for positions voted on by PVMs shall be submitted to shawn@acctinfo.org no later than forty-eight (48) hours before the scheduled election to be held at the AGM meeting on Friday, February 7, 2020.

Nomination Statements must include:

• Full Name and headshot photo
• Brief work history as related to the challenge course industry
• Previous volunteer experience (within and/or outside of ACCT)
• Qualifications
• Position statement including pressing issues, or hot topics you are passionate about in our industry

Last minute ballots will not be accepted. Elections will be held in person using a paper ballot during the Annual General Meeting on Friday, February 7, 2020.  Election results will be announced at the end of the Annual General Meeting (AGM). For any additional information about submitting a nomination for an open seat on the ACCT Board of Directors, please contact Bahman Azarm, ACCT Board Vice-Chair at bahman.azarm@acctinfo.org

Nomination form can be found HERE

Thank you,

Bahman Azarm
ACCT Board Vice-Chair
Bahman.Azarm@acctinfo.org