PMBA Board of Directors Elections

Philadelphia Mountain Biking Association (PMBA) is proud to be the first official chapter of IMBA. As part of the charter, PMBA adopted a set of by-laws and established a formal structure, which consists of Board of Directors, Executive officers and several (many!) committees. Board of Directors meets every month to review current PMBA business and chart the future goals and action of the organization. The Board is largely responsible for guiding the club activities to promote and support mountain biking in the area, foster permanent and positive relationship with local land managers, as well as improve the quality of mountain biking experience.

The Board of Directors(BoD) consists of 13 members elected from general membership. Every BoD members serves on the Board for 3 years. To ensure constant yet gradual turn over of the BoD and allow all PMBA members a chance to serve on the Board, every year at the end of August a third of the BoD members’ terms expire. All BoD members serve on at least two committees to ensure sufficient BoD involvement with PMBA's every day business, and promote BoD members' proactive participation as well as direct lines of communications between committees and the BoD.

It is time to prepare for the 2010 PMBA BoD elections! Every PMBA member who wishes to take a bigger part in the club is encouraged to submit their candidacy for the elections! This year we have 5 spots open. We also will be seeking a new Treasurer this year for a 2 year term. You must be a board member to be the Treasurer, so this may be a great platform to run for the Board if you plan to run for the Treasurer.

Starting from today, August 1^st we will open a two (2) week period for submission of the candidates’ bios. A bio should be a short, no more than 300 words long, essay which describes the candidate, his/her experience, reasons why he/she would like to serve on the PMBA BoD. Please submit the bios via email sent to nominations@phillymtb.org.

The deadline for submission of the nominations is on midnight Saturday, August 14^th.

After the nomination two week period is over, all the bios will be posted on the web site for the member so review and vote for their 5 favorite candidates out of all the submissions. The on-line voting will last for two weeks as well. And will culminate with in-person vote during the September General membership meeting for anyone who could not vote on-line.

PS If you are planning to vote at the general meeting on September 1st and your membership expires before then, please make sure to renew prior to the meeting. Only supporting members with current membership are allowed to vote. Thank you.