{"id":593,"date":"2026-03-30T13:33:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/longbeach-orangecounty\/?p=593"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:34:46","slug":"upcoming-2026-officer-elections-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/longbeach-orangecounty\/2026\/03\/30\/upcoming-2026-officer-elections-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming 2026 Officer Elections &#8211; Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"593\" class=\"elementor elementor-593\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-662fa57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"662fa57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a01cf88\" data-id=\"a01cf88\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f8a05d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f8a05d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-main-rotation=\"0\">Dear AWS Member:<\/div><div data-main-rotation=\"0\"><br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>We hope this email finds you well. It\u2019s time for 2026 elections for the AWS Long Beach \/ Orange County Section Executive Committee open positions. A section nominating committee was formed and proposed the following regular nominees to fill the open positions for the next term (June 1st 2026 \u2013 May 31st 2027):<\/div><ul><li data-main-rotation=\"0\">1st Vice-Chair \u2013 Damon Skinner<\/li><li data-main-rotation=\"0\">Secretary \u2013 Linda Thomas<\/li><\/ul><div data-main-rotation=\"0\">Nominees for the open positions will also be accepted by petition.<\/div><div data-main-rotation=\"0\"><br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>If you are interested in running for an open position, please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:longbeachorangecounty@awssections.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hs-link-id=\"0\" data-hs-link-id-v2=\"ZOkuGeNt\">LongBeachOrangeCounty@awssections.org<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Monday,\u00a0<strong>April 6th at 11:59 PM<\/strong>\u00a0with the following:<\/div><div data-main-rotation=\"0\"><br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>1. Completed Nomination by Petition for Executive Committee Position Form Self-<br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>Nomination for an Executive Position (see form below).<br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>You are\u00a0required\u00a0to have an active non-student membership in the Long Beach \/\u00a0Orange County Section.<\/div><div data-main-rotation=\"0\"><br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>2. 10 signatures of members in good standing from Long Beach\/Orange County AWS section supporting your nomination (page 2 of form below).<\/div><div data-main-rotation=\"0\">\u00a0<\/div><div data-main-rotation=\"0\"><strong>Note that individuals with student memberships\u00a0are not eligible to nominate or serve in executive positions.<\/strong><\/div><div data-main-rotation=\"0\"><br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>If you have any questions, please let me know.<\/div><div data-main-rotation=\"0\"><br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>Sincerely,<br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>Eric Budwig<br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>Section Nominating Committee Chair<br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>AWS Long Beach \/ Orange County Section<br data-hsprotectrole=\"presentation\" \/>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:LongBeachOrangeCounty@awssections.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hs-link-id=\"0\" data-hs-link-id-v2=\"jN\/y5RU5\">LongBeachOrangeCounty@awssections.org<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c47aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"93c47aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/sections-www.aws.org\/2026%20Nominee%20by%20Petition%20Form%20%281%29.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here for the nomination form<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear AWS Member:We hope this email finds you well. It\u2019s time for 2026 elections for the AWS Long Beach \/ Orange County Section Executive Committee open positions. A section nominating committee was formed and proposed the following regular nominees to fill the open positions for the next term (June 1st 2026 \u2013 May 31st 2027):&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/longbeach-orangecounty\/2026\/03\/30\/upcoming-2026-officer-elections-nominees\/\"><span>Read More<\/span><i>&#43;<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Upcoming 2026 Officer Elections - Nominees - AWS Long Beach \/ Orange County Section<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/longbeach-orangecounty\/2026\/03\/30\/upcoming-2026-officer-elections-nominees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Upcoming 2026 Officer Elections - Nominees - AWS Long Beach \/ Orange County Section\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear AWS Member:We hope this email finds you well. 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