CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ROLLING HILLS GOLF CLUB BOARD
Nominations are requested from active members for the Rolling Hills Golf Club Board positions of:
- Vice President
- Treasurer
All nominations must be submitted to the Nominating Committee Les Hertlein (les.hertlein@aramco.com) or Erik Siver (erik.siver.1@aramco.com) on or before 1:00 pm on Thursday, November 3, 2022. Once received, all nominee names and their bios and photographs will be posted on the http://www.arabiangolf.net website once the call for nominations has closed. One can find this information through a link located on the main menu bar of the RHGC home page.
Please do not nominate anyone without asking their permission to do so. Only members in good standing may submit nominations and all nominees must meet the following requirements:
- An active, primary member, in good standing of Rolling Hills Golf Club and a regular Saudi Aramco employee, or their spouse
- Nominated by an active member of Rolling Hills Golf Club
- Able to serve for 2-year term starting January 1, 2023 and attend Board meetings. Board meetings generally occur on the 2nd Sunday of each month
- Willing to attend major Club events as well as spend personal time planning and organizing Club events
- Willing to uphold the RHGC Constitution & Bylaws
- The nominees Bio may be used as a platform to describe a candidate’s view on improvements or changes they would like to make if elected (if applicable)
- Agrees not to use Company email lists or club-based email lists for campaigning purposes
- Agrees not to hang campaign posters or distribute any campaign flyers
A member of the Nominating Committee will contact all nominees to confirm their nomination and anyone wishing to withdraw his or her nomination may do so prior to November 10, 2022.
Timeline for the elections:
- Monday, October 10 – Call for nominations opens
- Thursday, November 3 at 1:00 pm – Call for nominations closes
- Thursday, November 10 at 4:00 pm – Deadline for receipt of all nominee bios (inclusive of photographs)
- Monday, November 14 – Voting begins. Votes will be collected and tabulated using survey Monkey
- Thursday, November 24 at 4:00 pm – Voting ends
- Sunday December 4 – Election results announced at RHGC AGM
- Sunday, December 11 at 4:00 pm – deadline for receipt of votes if election run-off is required
Incentives for the 2023 - 2024 RHGC Board participation:
To encourage more active participation in the operations of the RHGC, the following incentives have been approved for active Board members as per the RHGC Constitution—Section 7.6, as follows:
- 10 day advance tee time booking
- 100% discount on the RHGC primary membership fee (free membership)
- 100% discount on the Recreation greens fee (free greens fee)
Recreation Manual Rules that impact our election.
1.4.4 A spouse may not succeed his/her spouse as one of the group’s primary board members. Husbands and wives cannot serve on the board of a Self-Directed Group in any two separate board positions at the same time.
1.4.5 When currently holding an office in one group, an officer must be within three months of completing the term before placing his/her name in nomination for office in another Self-Directed Group.
1.4.6 Officers of Self-Directed Groups must be Saudi Aramco employees or their spouses, and must work or have a mailbox location within the area of the Self-Directed Group’s main facility or meeting area. Officers of Quad-Area Organizations must work in the area of the Self-Directed Group main facility or meeting area. This qualification will not apply to coaches, officials or umpires.
1.4.7 An individual can be an officer of only one Self-Directed Group at any time.
1.4.8 No officer of a Self-Directed Group can become a coach/division coordinator of that Self-Directed Group due to conflict of interest.
Regards,
Les Hertlein, Chairman of the Election Committee
Erik Siver & Michelle D’Antoni, The RHGC Election Committee