OCTOBER 2013 • Vol. 2, Issue 4

Your Vote will Determine the Future Leadership of the SMRT

The Nominations Committee for 2013 has been busy evaluating an outstanding group of SMRT members. We were fortunate to have a very globally diverse and rich in experience pool of candidates. That made our job of selection very difficult, as all the nominees were very able. I believe you will find the Policy Board, President Elect and Crues-Kressel candidates to be extremely qualified and eager to participate in SMRT activities. The President and Policy Board is tasked with ensuring the SMRT continues to serve our membership with quality MR education and leading the way with issues affecting our working lives. Towards those goals these dedicated volunteers are vital to not only the health of our society but to continuing our professional growth as MR technologists/radiographers.

I would like to thank my hard working committee; some of whom stayed up to the wee hours of the morning to participate in conference calls. My sincere appreciation and gratitude to Cindy Hipps, Jim Stuppino, Helle Juhl Simonsen, Titti Owman, Sheryl Foster, and Shawna Farquharson.

Your job as members of the SMRT is to review these candidates and select 4 Policy Board candidates, 1 President Elect and 1 Crues-Kressel award recipient. Historically those voting for our elected leadership are very small (about 10%). Very soon you will receive the mailed ballots. Unfortunately we do not have online voting due to regulatory issues. You can review the bio information about the candidates online and make your selection. PLEASE take the time to mark your ballots and drop them in the mail. Let’s set a record for voting returns this year!!!

Review the candidate information: http://www.ismrm.org/smrt/ look for your mailed ballots, MARK your ballots, and MAIL them back.

Thank you and best of luck to the 2013 candidates!