PRCA Board Elections:

As part of the PRCA by-laws, the Board of Directors (BOD) is comprised of termed members and two individuals which serve on the BOD as membership representatives. These elected positions are viewed as an Individual Member Representative and one as an Organization Representative. This function was implemented at the PRCA creation to create a real and purposeful voice for the membership at-large to address, participate, and input to the direction of the BOD and the PRCA as an association. It also serves as a checks and balance system between the membership and the BOD. BOD members do not have to be vendors, accredited vendors, or be employed by accredited vendors. BOD members can be programmers, directors, interns, or any other ropes challenge course professional.

Outgoing Representatives include Pete Engstrom and Dave Prowitz. Dave served as an interim representative for Don Stock when he moved out of the position at mid-term to a two year termed position on the BOD, becoming the BOD Treasury. The PRCA wishes to thank both Pete and Dave for their service and their countless hours and selfless contributions to the betterment of the PRCA. We sincerely hope that they will consider being nominated to serve on the BOD in the future! The PRCA benefited greatly from their contributions and service.

The PRCA would like to open nominations for the BOD elected positions. Nominees must be a current member of the PRCA, in good standing and have been a member for at least the past 60 days.

Professionals to be considered may self nominate or be nominated by another member. Nominees need to be current PRCA members in good, have the time and resources available to devote about 4-10 hours a month to PRCA business, participate in Board Meetings, travel to the PRCA Annual Conference, practice high ethics, and be active within the ropes challenge course profession. If you wish to nominate someone, please check with that person first to establish they are able to commit and accept the nomination for consideration.

When nominating someone, please include up to a 500 word description of their background, the expertise, there support of the PRCA and/or industry, and why you believe they would make for a good Board Representative. Also, please identify if they are wishing to be considered as the Organizational Representative or the Individual Member Representative. Nominees may only be considered for one position, not both.

We ask that you e-mail an electronic WORD document to the PRCA office e-mail at (info@prcainfo.org) Snail mail, faxes, or other submission methods will not be accepted. The deadline to submit nominees is December 1, 2007 5 PM CST. Voting will take place from 8 AM CST on December 3 - 12PM CST on December 6, 2007, online at the PRCA website. Members may not vote via proxy or in any other format. Please include the complete contact information for the nominee and the person placing the nominations. Please establish how you know this person and what makes them a good consideration within your 500 summation.

Once the information of the nominees is collated, it will be placed into a downloaded PDF file for the PRCA Member to retrieve from the website. Please read over each persons information and then you can login to the PRCA website and cast your vote. Voting will take place beginning 8Am December 3 CST and conclude at 12PM CST December 6, 2007.

Any nomination or voting irregularities will be addressed by the current BOD and all actions final.

Sincerely,

Steve Gustafson

President, PRCA Board of Directors