2020 Post Election Candidate Call

For 2021 some ofthe Board Director positions have been changed to better implement the new 2025 Strategic Plan. The positions available are as follows:

1. 2021 Vice President/2022 President-elect: This is a 2-year position. The individual elected will first serve as Vice President under David Pratt, our previosly elected 2021 President, then assumes the role of Post President for 2022. Following the individual's year as President, he/she will be asked to continue to serve as Past Post President on the 2023 Board.

2. 2021 Treasurer: This is a 1-year position (elected/re-elected each year). This individual is the Chief Financial Officer for the Post and overall responsible for all financial matters and accounts.

3. 2021 Secretary: This is a 1-year position (elected/re-elected each year). This individual is overall responsible for all administrative matters realted to Post operations.

4. 2021-22 Director, Resilience (RES): This is a 2-year position. There are 5 elected Directors (2/3 elected/re-elected each year) responsible for the 5 Goals in the 2025 SAME Strategic Plan: (1) Strengthen Industry- Government Engagement; (2) Build and Sustain Resilient Communities; (3) Develop Leaders for the Profession; (4) Enrich the STEM Pipeline for the Nation; and (5) Prepare Service Members and Veterans for the A|E|C industry. This Director with the help of other applicable Board/Committee members is overall responsible for: 

• Strategic Plan Goal 2, "Build and Sustain Resilient Communities", and its associated objectives and suggested Post tasks - see the Goals/Objectives/Tasks worksheet at the Post website
• Assisting other elected Directors with Resilience related objectives/tasks within their assigned Goals
• Working with other elected Directors to ensure the Post accomplishes enough of the suggested Post tasks related to the Strategic Plan to earn the new Post Streamer annually

5. 2021-22 Director, STEM & College Outreach (DSTEM): This is a 2-year position. It is one of the 5 elected Directors (2/3 elected/re-elected each year) responsible for the 5 Goals in the 2025 SAME Strategic Plan. This Director with the help of other applicable Board/Committee members is overall responsible for: 

• Strategic Plan Goal 4, "Enrich the STEM Pipeline for the Nation", and its associated objectives and suggested Post tasks - see the Goals/Objectives/Tasks worksheet at the Post website
• Assisting other elected Directors with STEM/College Outreach related objectives/tasks within their assigned Goals
• Working with other elected Directors to ensure the Post accomplishes enough of the suggested Post tasks related to the Strategic Plan to earn the new Post Streamer annually

6. 2021-22 Director, Service Member & Veteran Support (SMVET): This is a 2-year position. It is one of the 5 elected Directors (2/3 elected/re-elected each year) responsible for the 5 Goals in the 2025 SAME Strategic Plan. This Director with the help of other applicable Board/Committee members is overall responsible for: 

• Strategic Plan Goal 5, "Prepare Service Members & Veterans for the A|E|C Industry", and its associated objectives and suggested Post tasks - see the Goals/Objectives/Tasks worksheet at the Post website
• Assisting other elected Directors with Service Member/Veteran related objectives/tasks within their assigned Goals
• Working with other elected Directors to ensure the Post accomplishes enough of the suggested Post tasks related to the Strategic Plan to earn the new Post Streamer annually

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible to be a candidate for our elections, you MUST:

• Be a current SAME AND San Antonio Post individual member or sustaining/public, academic or non-profit agency member designated representative AND

• Not be a candidate for or an elected/appointed member of another Post's Board of Direction AND

• If elected, keep your SAME and San Antonio Post membership current during your term

These positions do involve a commitment of time. There are Board meetings, Post meetings and work related to your specific activities/areas of responsibilities, which all together involve several hours each month. If you travel frequently as part of your job, it may hinder you from effectively filling a Board position. 

APPLYING: 

All Post members should consider serving on the Post Board of Direction. We strongly encourage military and other public agency Post members to consider being candidates. The diversity and ideas from your job experience offer great opportunities to improve our operations and to make our activities more relevant to your respective organizations.

To apply simply complete the information in the application above.

QUESTIONS:

Contact the Post POC as indicated at the right