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Nomination/Election Procedures for Officers and Directors

Nomination Process

Annually, during the 4th quarter of the calendar year, the Society seeks nominations from SPE members for Officers and Directors. The SPE Nominating Committee has identified specific qualifications for individuals who are to be considered for SPE President and other Officer and Director positions, as shown below. All nominations must be received by 15 December.

Nominations now open through 15 December 2007

The following lists, provided for reference, are not exhaustive. Nominees for SPE President or other Board positions do not need to come from this selection of members.

Members may nominate any individual provided qualifications are met (see below) and detailed in the submitted nomination. If you are unable to use the online nomination form, please contact Katie Simonds, Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors, +1.972.952.9330 or ksimonds@spe.org.

Nomination Procedures for Officers and Directors

The 2008 Nominating Committee will consider nominations for the following Director positions:

  • 2010 President
  • At-Large Director
  • Regional Director, Russia and the Caspian
  • Regional Director, South America and Caribbean
  • Regional Director, South, Central, and East Europe
  • Regional Director, Southern Asia Pacific
  • Regional Director, Southwestern North America
  • Technical Director, Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility
  • Technical Director, Management and Information

Note: At its November 2007 meeting, the Board of Directors approved the division of the South, Central and East Europe Region into two regions – South, Central and East Europe and Russia and the Caspian. Nominations for Directors of both regions are being accepted.

Regional Director nominations are coordinated by a regional nominating committee chaired by the incumbent Director. Nominees must reside in the region they represent. Technical Director nominations are coordinated by the incumbent Director.

 Qualifications for SPE President

  1. Global vision - of how SPE should change to meet future global needs of the industry and membership
  2. Flexibility - to understand the diverse needs of members
  3. Exemplary ethical conduct (businesswise, professionally, and personally)
  4. Knowledge of SPE’s business - what and how it provides services to members
  5. Ability to guide and assist those responsible for governance of SPE in arriving at the answers they seek
  6. Leadership - as exemplified by being an enabler as well as a manager
  7. Aggressive drive to advance SPE programs to make certain the Society serves members in all locations
  8. Communicator - verbally in small groups and large audiences
  9. Believer in SPE as a global organization
  10. Ambassador - for SPE throughout the world
  11. Salesmanship - to appropriately convey that policies of the Board meet the requirements of the mission, vision, and values of the Society and carry out the Long-Range Plan
  12. Necessary financial support
  13. Willingness to commit the necessary time to accomplish the task.

Qualifications for SPE Officers/Directors

Embrace the Society’s mission and vision

  1. Endorse the SPE Long-Range Plan
  2. Have vision to anticipate industry changes and to guide SPE in adjusting to such changes
  3. Focus on services the SPE members want
  4. Recognize the importance of technology transfer as a primary goal
  5. View and promote the increasing diversity of the Society’s membership as a strength
  6. Demonstrate the flexibility to direct and guide the Society, its governing Boards, committees, and sections in handling and managing change.

The nominating committee is chaired by the immediate past president and is comprised of officers and directors whose terms are expiring, as well as three members at-large.  The nominating committee meets in January to make recommendations for the available positions to the Board of Directors.

2008 Nominating Committee Roster

Election Process

The recommendation of the Nominating Committee is submitted to the Board of Directors for ratification at its March meeting.  Biographical information on approved nominees is provided to the membership via SPE.org and through an article in the April issue of the Journal of Petroleum Technology.

The SPE Constitution provides for these nominees to stand as elected unless SPE members nominate additional candidates by 1 June. Additional nominations require a petition from at least 1% of SPE membership or, for Regional Director nominees, 1% of the region’s membership (with no more than 75% of the petitioners from any one section). The Constitution also specifies provisions for a ballot election if any qualified petitions are received by 1 June.

SPE members having questions about the nomination or election process should contact Katie Simonds, Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors, 222 Palisades Creek Drive,  Richardson, Texas 75080 USA, telephone +1.972.952.9330 or facsimile number +1.972.952.9435, or email at ksimonds@spe.org.

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