If you are presently holding any elective office in FALI, and if you are planning to stand for re-election in 2021, or if you intend to run for another office, you must formally declare your candidacy between Monday, May 17, 2021 and Saturday May 29, 2021. Please do so by sending me a statement to that fact, via email, U.S. Mail, or fax. Your declaration must be in my hands no later than the close of business on Saturday, May 29, 2021.

If you are not presently holding an elective office and if you desire to offer yourself for election, or if you desire to nominate someone to stand for election, then your statement of candidacy or nomination must be sent to me, via email, U.S. Mail, or fax, no earlier than Monday, May 17, 2021 and must be in my hands no later than the close of business on Saturday May 29th. All candidates for office must meet the requirements as provided for in the FALI Constitution and Bylaws.

We will once again be conducting the FALI election on-line. The FALI Board of Directors, with an eye towards saving a considerable amount of money and volunteer worker time and effort, instituted this process several years ago. This process eliminated any possibility of illegal voting and election fraud. We have once again engaged a professional, third-party company, whose only business is conducting on-line elections, to host our electronic voting. Full details and voter instructions will be forthcoming soon.

My contact information is:

Email:
jbelich@jbelich.com

According to FALI Bylaws* :

4.1      Qualifications. All nominees, and Board members must be an Active member in good standing for the last 12 months immediately preceding that election. If there is not a candidate meeting the qualifications, then the position can be filled by a majority vote of the Board, after the election. A nominee or Board member may not be a member of any other professional investigative association whose primary office is located in Florida, and must have internet capabilities. Nominees for President shall have served on the Board of Directors for one (1) year within the prior three (3) years.

4.2      Nominations.   All candidates shall be nominated by Active members in good standing. The nomination period shall be for ten days.  The dates for beginning and closing of nominations, which shall be publicized via email, the FALI Forum, and the FALI Listserv, shall begin at least thirty (30) days prior to the start of the FALI Annual Educational Conference.  Nominations will be closed twenty (20) days prior to the first day of the FALI Annual Educational Conference, in order to provide ten (10) days for actual voting.  Nominations will not be accepted from the floor of the general membership meeting.

According to FALI Constitution*:
ARTICLE V. ELECTED OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors shall consist of the elected officers (president, vice president, secretary and treasurer) who shall not serve more than three (3) consecutive terms, and one area director representing each of the regions in the State of Florida who shall be elected by ballot (including absentee ballots received prior to elections) for a one (1) year term or until their successors are elected. Should the president’s position go unfilled at the end of three (3) consecutive terms, the Board of Directors may authorize, by majority vote, the termed-out president to fill the vacancy by election for one additional year but cannot exceed two years.