Arizona Press Women Board of Directors

APW’s Board of Directors usually meets four times a year; in October, February, and twice during the annual state conference each spring (once before the general membership meeting with the outgoing board and once at the closing brunch with the incoming board). All seats are one-year terms, with exception of the two-year state president. The board is elected each year at the board meeting during the state conference.

State President	Brenda Warneka
State First Vice President (president elect)	Marion E. Gold
State Second Vice President (membership, directory)	Joan Westlake
Secretary	Kathryn Runbeck
Treasurer and Immediate Past President	Cheryl Kohout
Central District Director	Barbara Lacy
Southern District Director	Barbara Clarihew
Rim Country District Director	Carol La Valley
Board of Directors
Communications Contest Co-directors	Bunny Badertscher Barbara Clarihew
2010 State Conference Co-directors	Laurie Fagen Pam Stevenson
Communicator of Achievement Co-Directors	Karen Walenga Cheryl Kohout
Parliamentarian	Sheila Roe
High School Contest Co-Directors	Joan Westlake (metro-Phoenix and nothern Arizona high schools) and Cheryl Kohout (Tucson-area and southern Arizona high schools)
Historian, Memorials, Bylaws Director	Pam Stevenson
Public Relations Director	Patricia Myers
Scholarship Director	Joan Westlake
Web site and TypeRider newsletter editor	Rebecca I. Allen

Communications Contest Committee: interested? contact Bunny or Barb
High School contest committee: interested? contact Cheryl Kohout
2010 State Conference Committee: interested? contact Laurie or Pam

ARTICLE V
Governing Body
Section 1. This organization shall be governed by an elected Board of Directors.
Section 2. The Board of Director shall at no time consist of fewer than eight (8)
nor more than twenty-five (25) members.
Section 3. The Board of Director shall consist of the following elected officers:
The State President; State First Vice President; State Second Vice President;
District Directors; Treasurer; Secretary; and Immediate Past President. These
officers shall be known and hereinafter referred to as the Executive Committee.
These officers, with the exception of the District Presidents, shall be nominated
by a committee appointed by the Immediate Past State President; the slate of
nominated officers shall be approved by the Board of Directors. The slate of
nominated officers shall be elected by the active membership prior to April 1
through mail ballots which shall appear in The TypeRider at a time that will
allow return by April 1. The District Directors shall be nominated by a district
nominating committee and voted by their respective districts.
Section 4. The elected Board of Directors shall be installed at the annual
membership meeting and, with the exception of the State President, shall serve
for one year until the following May. Starting in 1987, State Presidents shall
serve two-year terms.
Section 5. The duties of the elected officers who comprise the Executive
Committee shall be as specified in the Procedures. The State President will
designate the specific functions and responsibilities to be performed by the
remaining members of the Board of Directors.
Section 6. The State President shall appoint a Parliamentarian and such
committees as may be required to carry out the business of the organization in
an efficient manner.
Section 7. The Executive Committee, as elected officials representing all
geographical segments of this statewide organization, is authorized to act in an
administrative capacity between the required formal annual membership
meetings. When the immediacy of the business precludes the Board of Directors
assembling in a formal meeting, the matters at hand are to be brought to the
attention of the Executive Committee by written letter, telephone, or electronic
mail. Approval by a majority of the committee is required before action on
urgent matters can become effective. Telephone ballots on such actions must be
confirmed in writing or by electronic mail without delay and shall be filed with
the Secretary. The membership will be advised of all such Executive Committee
actions through publication in The TypeRider or at the next general meeting,
whichever is sooner following the action(s).
Section 8. If an officer resigns between the time of election and the date of
taking office, nominations for that position shall be made during the May
business meeting with the nominations accepted from the floor. Each nominee
must give written consent. To be eligible for election, nominees for the State
President and the First and Second State Vice President positions must have the
signatures of ten (10) Arizona Press Women members.