Join the Candidate Discussion

September 25, 2003

Join the Candidate Discussion
Log on to NTA Online’s Member Forums and join the candidate discussion. In preparation for this year’s election of the 2004 NTA Board of Directors, an online discussion folder has been created for candidates to express their views and for members to ask questions of their potential future leaders.

To log on, simply click on the "Member Forums" link in the header on this page. Then, enter your user name and password. The discussion folder was created to generate dialogue between members and candidates leading up the 2004 elections to allow the NTA membership the opportunity to determine which candidates best represent their individual association needs and goals.

This year, NTA will implement easy-to-use electronic voting for the election. Election materials will be distributed to all members through e-mail this year. Approved by the NTA Board at their July meeting, the Web-based system will allow members to obtain biographical information, as well as cast their official ballot. Election ballots will be e-mailed to the full membership in early October.

Nominees for the Executive Committee are:

Vice Chairman/Chairman Elect – Ann Thomas, CTP, Western Discovery LLC
Treasurer – Judith Thomas, CTP, DS, Unlimited Tours & Travel Inc.
Secretary – Randy Julian, Julian Tours

Three tour operator director seats (two-year terms) will be filled. The nominees are:

Mark Hoffmann, CTP, Sports Leisure Vacations
Carol Jordan, Territorial Tours Limited
Laurie Lincoln, CTP, CTIS, Main Street Tours
Martin Elson, Biss Tours and Parker Tours

One DMO director seat (two-year term) will be filled. The nominees are:

Judy Renfroe, Cobb County (Ga.) Convention & Visitors Bureau
Butch Spyridon, Nashville (Tenn.) Convention & Visitors Bureau

One tour supplier director seat (two-year term) will be filled. The nominees are:

Cindy Brown, Boston Duck Tours
Pollianna Beerman, Embassy Suites & Hampton Inns of Charleston
June Fallo, Court of Two Sisters