The District Nominating Committee

Our District Nominating Committee is made up of representatives from all eleven areas and it's purpose is to select future District Governors. It is preferable, but not necessary, for the individual to be a Past Assistant Governor so they understand a little more clearly both the responsibilities of being a District Governor and the leadership skills required to be successful in that position.

The position is appointed for three years. Each year either three or four members will rotate off the committee and their replacements selected. Also, if anyone can not or does not fulfill their obligation to the committee, they are replaced.

You guessed it. It is the District Governor Nominee's job to do this. This year three members rotated off naturally but an additional four had to be replaced as well. Two had to withdraw and they selected someone from their area to sit in their chair for that day only. One had moved out of her area into another where there was already a representative. One did not show up. This was a first, an anomaly, but I ended up having to choose replacements for seven areas. The four that were finishing cycles I had to replace for either one or two years. The three natural rotations I had to replace with a full three year term.

I sent my ideas out to the Governor Corps and asked for their input and ended up with a good group consisting of all Past AGs or at least in the AG Tri Level currently. So far five of the seven have accepted. I am still waiting to hear from the other two.

I often refer to this as the single most important day in district committee work so I tried very hard to choose candidates that would take the job very seriously. The DGE was most helpful in one case where I had chosen a candidate that would do a good job, but there was some uncertainty as to her future availability. The DGE suggested a couple others, both were excellent ideas that I have overlooked so a possible problem was averted by selecting one of those two. The rest were received well.

This is the reason for this blog. There are so many things that your are responsible for at each governor level, but there is no document listing it. I mean you can look up the Governor's Training Manual online, but the district specific items aren't there or anywhere else. When my journey is over, or perhaps after each year, I think I will revisit my blog and just create a list of responsibilities that I learned about only after being selected.