Voting Opens August                                                                                                                                    
As required by Article VI, Section 2, of the Bylaws of The Heinlein Society (https://www.heinleinsociety.org/bylaws/), and ratified by the Board of Directors on 14 April 2014, electronic voting of the General Membership of The Heinlein Society for the Board of Directors will be done using the simplyvoting.com  website. The poll will open on Friday, 11 Aug 2019, at Midnight Pacific Daylight Time and close on Sunday 24 Aug 2019 at 1159 PM Pacific Daylight Time.
Voting instructions will be sent to the General Membership with specific instruction to the website, passwords and other general instructions, before the ballot opens.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
/s/Betsey Wilcox
Chair, Nominations Committee
The Heinlein Society

Dear THS Member;
The nominating period for Board members for the 2019 election is now open. The Board has three (3) seats up for election with two sitting Board members, Joe Haldeman and Beatrice Kondo, agreeing to run for re-election. In addition, you may nominate any THS member in good standing or nominate yourself to fill any of these seats on the Board. The Nominating Committee will verify membership status and willingness to serve with each nominee. Nominations will be open until 27 Jul 2019 at 11:59pm PDT. Please supply a short bio to include what you hope to do or will continue to do for THS if elected and a photograph suitable for inclusion on the ballot.
Voting will be done electronically and members will be sent an email with instructions and a link to the host website when voting opens. Voting begins 11 Aug 2019 and will remain open for 2 weeks. Watch your email for official notification, and instructions on the voting process. In the meantime, if you would like to nominate a member of The Heinlein Society to the Board of Directors (including self-nomination), please send replies to :
 
Name of Nominee ____________________
 
Your Name ______________________
 
Thank you in advance for your participation.
Betsey Wilcox
Chair, Nominating Committee
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Annual Membership Meeting
As required by Article IV, Section 1, of the Bylaws of The Heinlein Society (PDF file at https://www.heinleinsociety.org/bylaws/), the Annual Meeting of the General Membership of The Heinlein Society will convene on Sunday, 8 September 2019, beginning at 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time. If you are in a different time zone, you are encouraged to make use of the “World Clock” internet sites to double-check (including the use of Daylight Savings Time) the start time in your area. You will receive further communications from us before September 8th with the details how to attend online. The email distribution and website posting of this Notice satisfy the requirement of timely notification in Article IV, Section 4.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
/s/ Geo Rule
President, The Heinlein Society