The Jazz Education Network Nominating Committee would like to announce that nominations for Board of Directors positions serving terms beginning on July 1st, 2010 and ending on June 30th, 2013 can be made online beginning January 1st, 2010. Our current and ever growing membership is a vast and varied pool of richly diverse and multi-talented individuals. Here is your chance to share your passion, your knowledge, your expertise, and experience to enrich the JEN Board of Directors.

As a JEN member, you may self-nominate or you may nominate other individuals. The nomination period will begin on January 1st and continue through midnight on February 28th, 2010 Eastern Standard Time. If you wish to nominate other individuals, please be advised an email address for that individual is required in order to complete the nomination. After an individual has been nominated, the nominee will be contacted by the Nominating Committee to accept/decline their nomination. JEN membership at an appropriate level is required in order to serve on the Board of Directors.

The 2010 Nominating Committee includes: Secretary Jackie Harris-Chair, President Mary Jo Papich, President-Elect Lou Fischer, fellow Board members Steve Crissinger and Ruben Alvarez.

Nominations will be reviewed as received and a slate of nominees will be prepared to be voted on by JEN membership in March with the subsequent announcement of the outcome in April.

Please note: Expenses involved with attending meetings/events are to be borne by the individual board member. The board will meet twice annually in locations to be announced, generally in January and August. The next two meetings have been scheduled for August 2nd-5th, 2010, and January 2nd-5th, 2011.

Special consideration will be given to those individuals with strong resumes/specific talents in: fundraising, programming, music and/or music industry, business, finance, marketing, legal, and a strong work ethic. Please consider becoming a vital part of the leadership team that will transform the future of jazz education.

The Jazz Education Network believes in inclusiveness and equal opportunity. All members are encouraged to submit a nomination application.

Click Here in order to complete the nomination application. Questions may be submitted to nominations@JazzEdNet.org.