TIMELINE
NOMINATION DEADLINE – DECEMBER 28
Candidate Recommendation Committee
• Congressional Districts 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9
NOMINATION DEADLINE – JANUARY 12
MTA Annual Meeting of Delegates
• Regional Ethnic Minority Delegates
• Statewide Retired District Delegates
NEA RA (Representative Assembly)
• Statewide, Regional and Retired Delegates
NEA Directors and Alternate NEA Directors
NOMINATION DEADLINE – MARCH 2
President
Vice President
Board of Directors
• Districts 7B, 9B, 10B, 35C, 42C, 14D, 28D, 32D, 30E, 23F,
24F, 25F, 19G, 44H ( 2 seats), 46H and 47H
• At-Large Director for Ethnic Minority Membership
Retired Members Committee
NOMINATION DEADLINE – APRIL 13
NEA RA Student Delegates
AMENDMENT DEADLINE – JANUARY 12
Filing Deadline for Proposed Bylaw Amendments
Initial Deadline for Proposed Standing Rules
and Resolutions Amendments
M TA members who intend to seek;election;to;MTA;office at the 2018 Annual Meeting
of Delegates or to run for NEA
Director may now request nomination
papers.
Annual Meeting elections will
take place in May for President,
Vice President, 17 District Director
seats on the MTA Board and the At-Large Director for Ethnic Minority
Membership.
Four members of the Retired
Members Committee will be elected.
There are three NEA Director
seats (two for three-year terms and one
for a one-year term) and two Alternate
NEA Director seats up for election.
Ballots will be sent to the active
membership in March.
Requests for nomination papers
for;MTA;office;must;be;submitted
in;writing;to;the;office;of;the
Executive Director-Treasurer, MTA,
2 Heritage Drive, 8th Floor, Quincy,
MA 02171-2119, or by e-mailing
MTAGovernance@massteacher.org.
Although there is no deadline for
requesting them, nomination papers
for;MTA;office;must;be;filed;with;the
Executive Director-Treasurer by 5 p.m.
on Friday, March 2, 2018, regardless
of postmark.
Nomination papers for the NEA
Director posts may be requested in the
same;manner,;but;must;be;filed;no;later
than 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018.
No person may be a candidate for
more;than;one;office.;Each;candidate
must;specify;the;office;sought,;the
term;of;the;office,;his;or;her;MTA
individual membership ID number
(which can be found on the MTA
membership card), home and school
addresses, telephone numbers, fax
numbers, e-mail addresses and local
association;affiliation.
All candidates must comply with
the nomination and election provisions
of the MTA Bylaws and policies,
which will be made available to
candidates.
President and Vice President*:
The President and Vice President
will be elected for two-year terms
commencing July 15, 2018. A candidate
must be an active MTA member**
or a retired MTA member within the
Statewide Retired District. A local
affiliate;shall;not;be;represented;on
the MTA Board of Directors by more
than;one;officer;(President;or;Vice
President). Nomination papers must be
signed by at least 200 members, with
no more than 50 from any one local
affiliate;and;no;more;than;100;from;any
one electoral district.
At-Large Director for Ethnic
Minority Membership*: The At-
Large Director for Ethnic Minority
Membership will be elected to a
three-year term beginning July 1,
2018. Any active** ethnic minority
member of the association is eligible
to be a candidate for this Board
seat. Under Article VII, Section 5,
of the MTA Bylaws, ethnic minority
shall mean American Indian/Alaska
Native,;Asian/Pacific;Islander,;Black,
Chicano/Hispano, or Cape Verdean.
Nomination papers must be signed
by at least 200 active association
members, with no more than 50 from
any;one;local;affiliate;and;no;more
than 100 from any one electoral
district.
District Directors — MTA
Board*: The terms for the 17 District
Director seats will be for three years
beginning July 1, 2018. The open
districts are 7B, 9B, 10B, 35C, 42C,
14D, 28D, 32D, 30E, 23F, 24F, 25F,
19G, 44H (two seats), 46H and 47H.
Each candidate must be an active MTA
member** and must be employed in
education within the electoral district
in;which;the;candidate;seeks;office.
Nomination papers must be signed by
at least 50 active members from the
candidate’s district.
NEA Directors and Alternate
NEA Directors*: Two NEA Director
seats;will;be;filled;by;vote;of;the
active members in March and April,
in tandem with NEA statewide and
regional delegate elections. The term
for each is three years, beginning Sept.
1, 2018, and expiring Aug. 31, 2021,
in accordance with the NEA’s
fiscal;year.;In;addition,;the;active
membership will elect one NEA
Director;to;fill;a;vacancy;for;the
remainder of an unexpired term (Sept.
1, 2018, through Aug. 31, 2019).
Vacancies for Alternate NEA Director
seats;will;also;be;filled.;Each;candidate
must be an active NEA member**, as
determined by the NEA Constitution
and Bylaws, for at least two years
immediately preceding the election.
Nomination papers must be signed
by at least 200 active members, with
no more than 50 from any one local
affiliate;and;no;more;than;100;from
any one electoral district. The policy
