NAMI Maryland Annual Meeting and

NAMIWALKS Award Celebration

Please join us for our Annual Meeting and Walk Awards Celebration on July 20, 2014 at 2:00-3:30 PM at Hickory Ridge Village, Hawthorn Center, at 6175 Sunny Spring, Columbia, MD 21044. Register here.

We hope you will participate in the election for the NAMI Maryland Board of Directors, to be held at the Annual Meeting. In order to vote (see below for voting options), you must be a NAMI member and your membership must be active through July 2014.

Click here to become a member or contact NAMI Maryland (events@namimd.org or 410-884-8691).

Click for the Slate of Nominees for the Board of Directors proposed by the NAMI Maryland Board Development Committee.

Click here for bios of the nominees.

Click here for the 2014 Annual Meeting and Election Instuctions.

"Proxy" Voting

If you cannot attend the annual meeting, you may fill out a proxy form. A "proxy" means that you officially give your right to vote to someone else who will be at the meeting and can cast your vote for you. You can advise them how to vote or allow them to use their best judgment. Therefore, the form (available to use on-line and for hard copy distribution) is changing to read as follows:

I designate the following person to vote by proxy for me at the Annual Meeting on July 20, 2014: (check one)

__ President of the Board, NAMI Maryland

__Other (please designate someone who will be at the Annual Meeting and can vote on your behalf: [list name]______________________

Note: If the proxy is other than the President of the NAMI Maryland Board of Directors, please let the person to whom you are granting your proxy know that you are doing so.

You may fill out the proxy assignment online at:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JPTK3ZR
You can print out the proxy assignment formand give it directly to the person to whom you are granting the proxy.

OR you can print out the attached proxy assignment and mail or fax it to NAMI Maryland. If you are using this option, all proxy assignments must be received at the NAMI Maryland office by Friday, July 18, 2014 by 12:00 noon to be counted.

The Process of Nominating Candidates for the NAMI Maryland Board of Directors

The process of nominating this year's slate of candidates for the NAMI Maryland Board of Directors involved an extensive vetting and interview process by the NAMI Maryland Board Development Committee. The Board Development Committee began work on Fiscal Year 2015 at the beginning of 2014. The committee chair finalized an application packet and presenting it to candidates in the first part of 2014. The committee chair reviewed the applications with feedback from the President and Executive Director. The committee members reviewed all applications and conducted phone interviews with each candidate to present expectations, confirm consent to run and commitment to serve, and identify connections to NAMI.

Among the attributes considered were: demographics, expertise, personal relationship to the issue of mental illness, connections to strategic community networks, interests, availability, and past service to NAMI Maryland and/or to NAMI affiliates in Maryland. The committee chair presented a slate of candidates for distribution to NAMI Maryland affiliates and members 30 days prior to the scheduled annual meeting. This slate is posted online HERE