SBCA Board of Director Elections

The SBCA 2026 Nominating Committee, chaired by Immediate Past President Caroline Cecot, has accepted nominations for the following open Board positions:

  1. Vice President, who will serve for one year, then automatically succeed to President for one year, then to Immediate Past President for one year;
  2. Assistant Treasurer, who will serve for one year, then automatically succeed to Treasurer for one year, then to Immediate Past Treasurer for one year; and
  3. Three Directors, who will serve for three years (from Jan. 1, 2027, through Dec. 31, 2029).

Terms and committee names in this notice reflect the current bylaws. If Question 1 below is adopted, the Nominating and Elections Committees will be combined into a single Nominations & Elections Committee. If Question 2 is adopted, the incoming Board will take office at the annual meeting at the 2027 Annual Conference, and current terms will be extended to that date.

Members are also asked to vote on five proposed amendments to the SBCA bylaws, which the Board of Directors has approved for submission to the membership:

  1. Combine the Nominating Committee and Elections Committee into a single Nominations & Elections Committee.
  2. Expand the Board to nine non-officer seats elected in staggered thirds, and move officer and Director terms to the conference year.
  3. Reduce the number of bylaws-mandated committees from eight to four by moving the Finance, Journal and Program committees to Board-authorized status and dissolving the Development Committee into the Executive Committee.
  4. Formalize the Presidents Group as the Society’s primary decision-making body for day-to-day operations.
  5. Remove the Treasurer as chair of the Audit Committee and set Audit Committee membership as an odd number of non-officer Voting Members on staggered three-year terms.

As required by Article X of the bylaws, each question includes arguments for and against, certified by the Secretary:

In accordance with the SBCA bylaws, membership elections shall be conducted annually by mail, email or electronic ballot of all members of the Society in good standing. Election results shall be determined by the Election Committee, which shall decide the elections of each officer position and each non-officer Board member position by the highest number of votes cast. In the case of a tie vote, the winner shall be determined by real or virtual coin toss performed by the Vice President. Bylaws amendments shall be adopted upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of Society members voting.

The deadline for casting ballots on the Board elections and the bylaws amendments is 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 22, 2026.

Please enter the email address on file with SBCA Headquarters to vote. Your email address will validate your ballot.

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