August 12-13San Antonio, Texas 2015 Annual Business Meeting 2015 IFTA ABM BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION COMMITTEE REPORT CINDY ARNOLD (NV) GARY HINKLEY (ME)

August 12-13 San Antonio, Texas2015 Annual Business Meeting

2015 IFTA ABM BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ELECTION COMMITTEE REPORT

CINDY ARNOLD (NV)GARY HINKLEY (ME)HUGH HUGHSON (BC)JOY PRENGER (MO)


Election Process

The IFTA, Inc. Board of Trustees President establishes an Election Committee of Trustees whose terms are not expiring.

The duties of this committee are to: Ensure the Qualifications and Requirements set forth in

Article Four Section 3 herein are met. Ensure equitable geographic representation is

maintained through use of the rotational schedule Conduct the election at the Annual Business Meeting.

Nominations may be made prior to the annual meeting or from the floor at the Annual Business Meeting.


IFTA Board – Requirements

Any commissioner of a member jurisdiction, or their designee, is eligible to serve as a Trustee.

There shall be nine (9) Trustees on the Board.

The term for a Trustee shall be two (2) years, and no more than three (3) consecutive terms.

Five (5) Trustees elected in years ending in an odd number.

Four (4) Trustees elected in years ending in an even number, so as to provide for staggered terms of the Trustees.



One (1) Trustee shall be a member where fuel taxes are administered by a tax or revenue department.

One (1) Trustee shall be a member where fuel taxes are administered by a department of transportation or department of motor vehicles.

One (1)Trustee shall be a woman or minority.

A single Trustee on the Board may satisfy more than one (1) criterion.



One Trustee shall be from each of the five (5) geographic regions outlined in the bylaws. (Canadian, Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Western)

No more than two (2) trustees shall be from a single geographic region.

One (1) geographic region will only have one trustee rotating in accordance with the schedule set forth in Appendix A of bylaws.

For 2016 the Canadian region will only have one trustee.


Election Process

A rotation schedule has been set and adopted for the rotating geographical region. In 2015, the Southeast Region is the single trustee region, and the Canadian Region will be the single trustee region in 2016.


Election Process

Therefore, two Southeast Region representatives must be elected at the 2015 Annual Business Meeting.


Election ProcessAll nominees for the IFTA, Inc. Board of Trustees will be voted upon by the member jurisdictions at the Annual Business meeting.

There are five (5) open Board of Trustee positions for 2016

One Western RegionOne Midwestern RegionOne Northeast RegionTwo South Eastern Regions


Current Board Members

• Canadian - Ron Hester (ON) (Not eligible for re-election due to term limits)

• Canadian - Hugh Hughson (BC) • Northeast - Chuck Ulm (MD) (Up for re-election)• Northeast - Garry Hinkley (ME) • Western - Stuart Zion (CO) (Up for re-election)• Western - Cindy Arnold (NV) • Midwest - Trent Knoles(OK) (UP for re-election)• Midwest - Joy Prenger(MO) • Southeast - Steve Nutter(VA) (Up for re-election)


Nomination ProcessThe following nominees have submitted a nomination form and the regions they represent are:

•Trent Knoles (IL) Midwest Region•Stuart Zion (CO) Western Region•Stephen Nutter (VA) Southeastern Region•Chuck Ulm (MD) Northeast Region


Nomination processNominations from the floor are now open for the following regions:

•Western Region•Midwest Region•Northeast Region•Southeastern Region (2)


Thank you

Documents

August 12-13San Antonio, Texas 2015 Annual Business Meeting 2015 IFTA ABM BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION COMMITTEE REPORT CINDY ARNOLD (NV) GARY HINKLEY (ME)