NAGS Accepting Board Of Directors Nominations

Dear Members:

In preparation for our upcoming biannual meeting to be held at the Geosynthetics 2015 Conference in Portland, OR, we are preparing for elections for the NAGS board of directors. At this moment, there will be 3 Vice President Positions open and 1 president elect position open.

The positions that are up for re-election/replacement are currently held by Jay McKelvey (VP), Richard Brachman(VP), Dhani Narejo (VP) and Corey Bobba (Treasurer). The president elect position is open and must be chosen from the current BOD.

If you know of anyone that would be interested in becoming active with the North American Chapter of the IGS (North American Geosynthetics Society), please offer a nomination for the position by responding to the following e-mail: info@igs-na.org. Each nomination should be accompanied by a brief biography and picture of the nominee.

For your information, the current Board Members and their status are noted below:

Position

Position Open for Nominations

Currently Held By

Term status

Eligible for re-election?

Eligible for election as president elect?

President

NO

Bob Mackey

Completing 2nd yr of 2 yr term as president

NO

NO

President Elect

YES

John Henderson

Completing 2nd yr of 2 yr term prior to becoming president

No Action Required

NO

Treasurer

YES

Corey Bobba

Completing 1st 4 yr term

YES

YES

Vice President

NO

Mike Bernardi

2nd year of 4 year term

No Action Required

YES

Vice President

YES

Richard Brachman

Completing 1st 4 yr term

YES

YES

Vice President

YES

Jay McKelvey

Completing 2nd 4 yr term

NO

??

Vice President

YES

Dhani Narejo

Completing 1st 4 yr term

YES

YES

Member at Large

NO

Gabrielle Mariscall

1st year of 2 yr appointment

No Action Required

YES

Past President

NO

Dean Sandri

Completing 2nd year as past president

N/A

NO

Dean Sandri, PE, Past President, North American Geosynthetics Society
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2013 NAGS Biennial Meeting Report – by David Suits

NAGS hosted its 2013 Biennial General Meeting during the Geosynthetics 2013 Conference in Long Beach, CA.  The meeting report can be downloaded using the link below.  Meeting highlights included the transition to the newly elected Board Members and an excellent presentation by Robert (Bob) Mackey as the new President of the chapter.  Bob, with the help of other NAGS Officers, outlined goals and helped to define the path forward for his term.  There were a number of great comments from the audience which consisted of a number of NAGS Members.

Download: 2013 NAGS Biennial Meeting Report by DSuits – EP 20130426