Call for Board Nominations

The Arizona Health Information Management Association (AzHIMA) Nominating Committee wants you to suggest fellow members and/or yourself as possible candidates for the AzHIMA Board of Director positions for the next association year July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.

The deadline date is January 25, 2023.

Nominations are being accepted for the following positions:

• President-Elect – 3-year term (President-Elect, President, Past-President)
• Delegate – 2-year term (1st Year Delegate, 2nd Year Delegate)
• Director of Advocacy – 2-year term

Elected BOD persons are expected to:

• Be a current AHIMA member in good standing
• Have Arizona as primary AHIMA Component State Association (CSA)
• Attend BOD meetings. Meetings are generally held 9 times a year, via webex. There may not be a meeting in September or October (depending on the date of the AHIMA Convention), and/or December. Meeting days are determined by the incoming President.  For June’s BOD meeting, it may be an all-day face-to-face meeting due to the transition of the incoming and outgoing board members.
• Time expectations include about 10 hours a month.  Two to three hours for the BOD meeting, BOD follow/up items, emails, and regular visits to the AHIMA, State Leaders Access and AZ Access Communities.
• Have employer support
• Have computer and email access
• Be able to travel local and out of state
• Association travel may require sharing a room with same-sex board member
• Write an article(s) for the newsletter quarterly and when the association sends you to a meeting

Travel Assignments

• AHIMA Leadership Symposium –
  Chicago, IL – 1-3 days (usually in July)
  Note: This meeting may be held in person or virtually – TBD
  President, President-Elect, Past President, 1st & 2nd Year Delegates
• AHIMA House of Delegates –
  2-3 days in September or October
  Delegates
• AHIMA Advocacy Summit –
  3 days (Sun – Tues in March)
  President-Elect and Advocacy Director
• AzHIMA Annual Meeting –
  3 days (usually in June)
  All Board of Directors

For more information please contact the Nominating Committee Chair, Dr. Sandra Brightwell, at Sandra.Brightwell@centralaz.edu.