The available national positions are:

• Chair-elect
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Director, North Pacific District
• Director, Southeast District
• Director, Southwest District
• Director-at-Large
• Assembly delegates-at-large (two positions are open)
• International delegates-at-large (two positions are open)

Eligible candidates are Accredited, PRSA members in good standing who have served in at least one of the following capacities:

• Voting delegate in at least one national PRSA Assembly;
• Chapter president;
• Section chair;
• District chair; or,
• Chair of a national committee.

All candidate applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. (in the time zone in which the candidate resides) on Monday, June 11, 2007. Once eligibility is confirmed, PRSA members will be able to send comment letters regarding candidates with a limit of 300 or fewer words. The Nominating Committee will review applications and commentary and then meet August 3-5 to interview officer candidates in person and director candidates by phone. Candidates for Assembly delegate-at-large and international delegate-at-large positions will be considered based on information they provide on their application.

The Nominating Committee will then make final selections for nominees for presentation to the Society's Assembly, the principal PRSA governing body. The PRSA Assembly will elect candidates for office on Oct. 20, prior to the start of the PRSA 2007 International Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Names of potential candidates should be sent to Judith Turner Phair, APR, Fellow PRSA, chair, 2007 Nominating Committee, PRSA, 33 Maiden Lane, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10038-5150 or by e-mail at nomcomm@prsa.org.  Information packets that outline the specifics of the nominating process will be sent to those individuals.  Candidates may self-nominate or be nominated by others.

The candidate application can be found by clicking here.

The deadline for receiving completed candidate materials is 5:00 p.m. (in the time zone in which the candidate resides) on Monday, June 11, 2007 — no exceptions. For example, an East Coast-based candidate will have to submit materials by 5:00 p.m. EDT; a West Coast-based candidate will have to submit materials by 8:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. PDT.