Regional ethnic minority delegates to the 2022 MTA Annual Meeting will be elected by members in each region in March and April in conjunction with NEA delegate/Director elections.
The nomination period for regional ethnic minority delegates is now in process and will close at 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 14. Nominations are open to all eligible ethnic minority members through a self-nomination process. Nominees are encouraged to use the self-nomination form available online at massteacher.org/nomform. The form may be submitted electronically. Alternatively, a paper form can be found on Page 16 of this issue of MTA Today.
The election period runs from March 7 through April 22. Online voting instructions for regional ethnic minority delegates will be sent to active MTA members. The MTA provides reimbursement of up to $450 for eligible expenses incurred by each regional ethnic minority delegate to the Annual Meeting.
The allocation of regional ethnic minority delegates is based on MTA electoral regions and equal to the number of District Directors from each region.
No more than one delegate from each district within a region will be elected, with the exception of 10B and 44H, which each have two delegate seats.
There will be 50 seats for regional ethnic minority delegates. All terms will last for one year. The regional vacancies are: Region A, seven (7) vacancies; Region B, six (6) vacancies; Region C, seven (7) vacancies; Region D, six (6) vacancies; Region E, five (5) vacancies; Region F, six (6) vacancies; Region G, six (6) vacancies; and Region H, seven (7) vacancies. Each candidate must be employed in education within the region in which the candidate seeks office.
