To Richard's question... The voter turnout sometimes can be quite low (I hope not this year), but with that low turnout, a passionate write-in campaign could work in my opinion, but it would require the candidate to really get the word out and stimulate voters. In the spirit of passionate engagement I would encourage everyone that has the desire and willingness to serve to put themselves out there. In my first election to the Board, as I recall, I was a signature based candidate. I had the benefit of a strong community of members at my firm, Deloitte, which I was able to mobilize. But with social media and our groups today, if someone has an issue/message that resonates with the community I think they too could make it happen. However, probably easier to tackle this at the signatures stage than as a write-in. The key is to get engaged. If I am elected I would like to join the selection committee to seek diversity and future leaders for the community, and commit to personally support those with a passion to serve in navigating the process and getting the word out. Please reach out to me on linkedin and let me be of service in developing our next generation of leaders. Our profession has great need and our organization has a key role to play in supporting our profession. Ok... probably enough rambling (should not have had the Turkish coffee this morning)... Is this microphone even turned on :-). Guess I will have to keep working on the best ways to mobilize our distributed community (add that to the list of goals for my tenure).
