The board of the Association for Conversational Interaction Design (ACIxD) is preparing for the annual election of new board members.

Three seats are up for re-election. The current members whose terms are complete are Crispin Reedy (Versay), Amy Goodwin (Verizon), and Jamey White (Concentrix). Members who have a year left to serve are Helen Vanscoy (PTP), Mark Smolensky (AT&T), Dawn Harpster (PTP), Kristie Goss Flenord (Concentrix), Shelley Moore (Verizon), and Leslie Carroll Walker (Concentrix).

Any number of candidates may run. You can nominate yourself or someone else (we definitely encourage self-nomination — if nominating someone else, please first make sure they’ve agreed to serve if elected).

If you would like to run for the board in this election, please email contact@acixd.org by Friday, February 14th. In that email, please include a brief statement about your candidacy, which we will publish to members in the election. Please limit statements to 500 words or less.

After the election, the board will determine its officers (President, Secretary, Treasurer, etc.). In terms of time commitment, the board meets by phone once every month, with additional meetings called as necessary. Apart from this, the workload varies, depending on current ACIxD activities. Some weeks as little as 1 hour is required; at other times, 5 or more hours/week may be required.

Elections will be conducted via on-line ballot, starting February 17th, ending March 2nd. Candidates must be current voting members of ACIxD. If you’re not a member and want to participate in the election, just join at the Professional level. If you have any questions about your membership status for the election, email us at contact@acixd.org.

Thank you very much, and we look forward to hearing from you!

ACIxD 2020 Election Committee