Guild elections coming up

You haven’t seen any campaign commercials for this election, but you still have candidates to vote for.

The Milwaukee Newspaper Guild will elect its next Executive Board at the membership’s annual meeting, at noon Sept. 18 at Turner Hall. At stake are 10 offices, all with one-year terms starting Oct. 1: President (our top leader and public spokesperson), 1st vice president (in charge of grievances and other forms of contract enforcement), 2nd vice president (in charge of membership, mobilizing and communications), secretary (in charge of the Guild office as well as taking notes at meetings), treasurer (our chief financial officer) and five board members (all expected to be active in committee work as well as attending board meetings).

If you’re interested in seeking any of those offices, contact President Jennie Tunkieicz or Secretary Kawanza Newson. Nominations also will be accepted from the floor.

Also at the membership meeting, we’ll vote on whether to keep dues at their current low level. And we’ll decide how many delegates to send to the international Guild’s 2007 sector conference, then elect those delegates (and maybe some alternates) and pick one of them to represent us at the Communications Workers of America’s international convention as well.