Explorers Club Washington Group members will meet at 5:45 p.m. at the Cosmos Club on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 — 15 minutes before the annual black tie event–to elect members of the Board of Directors Class of 2014 and conduct any other business to brought before the meeting.

Under the ECWG Articles of Procedure, the Ad-hoc Nominating Committee is responsible for providing a slate of five nominees for the next class of elected members of the Board of Directors, as well as nominees to fill vacancies in other classes.  The members of the Board of Directors are to be elected by the ECWG membership at the annual election meeting, which will be this coming December 3^th and they take office immediately after that meeting.

• Annual dinner speaker, reservations

Nominees for Board of Directors Class of 2014

• James P. Blair FN09
• R. Craig Cook MN01
• Tony K. Meunier FE 84
• Llewellyn M. “Lew” Toulmin MN04
• Karen Ronne Tupek MN07

Nominees for the ECWG Officers are:

• Chairman: Julius “Jay” Kaplan  MN01
• Vice Chairman:  Susan Sawtelle  MN01
• Secretary:  Margaret “Meg” Walsh  FN08
• Treasurer:  Bruce Blanchard  MN78
• Program Director:  Donald J. Gerson FE78
• Membership Director:  Robert “Bob” Tallent FN07
• Chairman, Grants Committee: Polly A. Penhale, FN91
• Chairman, Public Relations and Outreach, John C. Williams, FN03