<<USA Canoe Kayak (USACK) is reorganizing its governance structure and
part of that is recruiting an entirely new Board of Directors.

January 31 The current USACK Board will vote at the Annual Meeting
on the adoption of the new Bylaws proposed by the Governance Task
Force. All that follows assumes the Board will approve the new Bylaws
in substantially the form proposed. The Initial Nominating and
Governance Committee may or may not be ready to introduce the four
Independent Directors by this date.

February 2 Call for Nominations for five new director positions and
the AAC representative and Alternate will be emailed to all current
members who are eligible to vote. This is the date of record for
eligibility to vote and to be nominated. Memberships must be current
on this date and have expiration dates no earlier than March 3

Who can vote?

In order to vote, you must be at least 18 years of age and be a member
in good standing as of February 2, 2009. In addition your membership
expiration date must not be earlier than March 3. Members who join or
renew their membership after this date will not be eligible to vote in
this Special Election.>>

For detailed information see:
http://usack.org/news/article/9090