IOA Seeks Nominations for 2019 Board of Directors

The International Ombudsman Association is seeking nomination for Directors who will serve a three-year term starting in April 2019. There will be three open seats. For the first time in several years, the board will be filling only termed-out seats and not replacing directors who stepped down early. Nominations are due by September 19; voting begins November 7; and election results are announced in January 2019.

The IOA announcement provides the following criteria for nominees:

• Member or Retired Member of the Association, and
• At least one of the following sets of qualifications:
• Currently hold active status as a Certified Organizational Ombudsman Practitioner and three years of organizational ombudsman work experience and three years of Association membership immediately prior to assuming office 

• Completion of the IOA course Foundations of Organizational Ombudsman Practice and five years of organizational ombudsman work experience and three years of Association membership immediately prior to assuming office
• Seven or more years of organizational ombudsman work experience and three years of Association membership immediately prior to assuming office. 


(IOA Call for 2019 Board Nominations.) 

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