The PMRA Board

Board members serve 4-year terms and may not serve two consecutive terms. The PMRA Board meets in person at least once every two years, and that meeting takes place at the Public Management Research Conference. Board members should expect to have committee and decision making responsibilities throughout their term, which will be determined by the goals and priorities of the President (as well as the PMRA By-laws).

                    I.      The President shall propose a five-person Board Nominating Committee to the Board for approval. The Nominating Committee will be announced to the membership.

                  II.      Proposed new Board members are nominated by the Nominating Committee.

                III.      If necessary, the Nominating Committee shall communicate to the membership to request nominations to broaden the representativeness of the Board in terms of geographical location, gender, race/ethnicity, and age of members.

                IV.      The President shall direct the Board Nominating Committee as to the strategic needs of the Board.

                  V.      The slate of candidates should be between 1.5 to twice the available number of seats. For example, with four open seats, the nominating committee could offer between six to eight candidates.

                VI.      The slate of nominees shall be presented to the membership via an electronic survey of the members, which shall include biographical statements of the candidates. Members may select a number of candidates equivalent to the available number of seats (for example, if there are four available seats, members have four votes). Those receiving the most votes will be deemed elected. 

II. For the selection of Vice-President and Treasurer, the Board Nominating Committee shall be joined by the President to identify candidates. The Board Nominating Committee shall recommend to the Board of Directors one member of the Public Management Research Association to be the next Vice President. Upon receipt of the report of the Board Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors will consider these nominees and act on them by voice vote, or email.

The Board Nominating Committee shall recommend to the Board of Directors one member of the Public Management Research Association to be Treasurer, who shall be an ex-officio member of the Board.

Additional Election Policies, approved by the Board 2019

a.     Board Member Requirements 

i.          Strong preference given to associate or higher 

ii.         membership (including up-to-date on fees) required 

iii.        Institutional diversity (no more than 1 institution represented per slate)  

iv.        International diversity -- 20% (at least) to match int’l representation – Europe, LAmerica, Asia 

v.         Process consideration.  By way of transparency, but other systems could be used. The process used 2019 to reduce the slate down to 8-10 for the 4 rotating spots that come open: (a) asking election committee members to rank top 10. (b) calculate:  (1) avgpoints = 10-average rank (2) total votes (3) final ranking = total votes * avgpoints 

b.     VP/President Elect Requirements 

i.      strong preference for current/past board members, then ex-officio, then PMRA leadership e.g. as conference chair/team, committee member (e.g., int'lcommittee) 

ii.      solicitation of names should include a ping to all eligible past and current board members to gauge interest 

iii.      nominations require the candidate to submit a statement of interest/vision in the position