Volunteer Position: TalkBoard

TalkBoard is a User Advisory Council consisting of members of the community who provide direction and input on issues that affect the community as a whole.

This board primarily discusses topics regularly via a private forum on FlyerTalk. Minutes of the TalkBoard's activities will be made available to the community in the Town Hall portion of the web site and as needed in the TalkBoard Issues forum. The minutes may be edited to protect individual user identity and privacy, including any members of the TalkBoard itself.

The TalkBoard consists of nine members, all chosen by popular vote of the active FlyerTalk members. Elected members of the TalkBoard will serve two-year terms; with no limit to the number of times one can be re-elected.

A TalkBoard President will be selected by active members of the TalkBoard. To preserve stability and give experience to newly elected members, the TalkBoard President will be elected as soon as possible after the most recent popular election. The TalkBoard may also choose to elect a Vice President to work with the President to ensure timely consideration of issues and to keep the parliamentary processes flowing. There is no limitation to the number of times a TalkBoard member can be voted to hold either of these positions, either overall or concurrent.

TalkBoard members represent a variety of member interests and points of view, which are not always frequent flyer/stayer-related. Some may be company representatives or serve in another volunteer capacity at FlyerTalk, such as moderator of a particular forum.

TalkBoard elections take place annually. Those TalkBoard members who have served their term will determine the number of open spaces on the TalkBoard for the given year. Note, this may even include the necessity of either delaying or canceling the annual voting process. When there is an election, all active voting members will be notified via a board announcement and email. A private voting page will be made available with candidate names, user names, and appropriate background information. Members who are elected to the TalkBoard may serve an unlimited number of successive terms.

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