MHCA and MHCABS Annual Member Meeting on 9/26 at 4pm

• By: Ben Hawkins
• On: 09/05/2024 15:56:46
• In: Legislative/Government Affairs

On Thursday, September 26th at 4:00 PM, the Maine Health Care Association will hold its annual meeting to elect members of the Board of Directors and update members on association activities. The meeting will be held via Zoom. Please click here to register for the 2024 MHCA Annual Meeting. The MHCA Business Services Annual meeting will be held immediately following. 
 
The electronic ballot will be sent via email at the start of the Annual Meeting to all administrators of record or designated voters.

Click here to Review MHCA/MHCABS the Candidate Bios

Important Announcement: Letters of Designation/Authorization for Voting:
Applicable to: Administrators who are unable to attend and would like to designate a member of their staff to vote on their behalf OR corporate officer/owner who is planning to vote on behalf of all owned/managed facilities. See Bylaws article III, section 7 below.
 
Letter of Designation/Authorization Form must be returned by 3:00 PM on September 26, 2024 (see Bylaws section below). 


You may fax (207-623-4080) or email your Letter of Designation/Authorization to either me (awesthoff@mehca.org) or Lori Vigue (lvigue@mehca.org), our Administrative Support Specialist. 
 
Letters must include the following: 

• Corporation Name
• Designated Voter Name
• Complete list of facilities
• Authorized Signature 

Article III - Member, Section 7. Meetings.
Every member entitled to vote must do so in person or through their designated representative. Proxy votes will not be accepted. For purposes of voting the designated owner or administrator may vote for more than one facility/agency, only if they are the designated owner or administrator of record for more than one facility/agency. The designated owner or administrator may authorize and designate in writing an alternative representative to the president/chief executive officer at least one (1) hour prior to the exercise of the voting privilege, in order for the credentials committee to properly certify the validity of the document presented. The alternative representative or designated representative must have a formal affiliation with the facility/agency, either by ownership or employment status. For the purposes of this section, formal affiliation may be interpreted as employed on a full­-time basis directly by the individual member facility/agency, or employed on a full­-time basis by the corporate owner of the facility/agency, or as a director or a majority stockholder of the owner corporation. The decision of the credentials committee shall be binding.  

Staff contact: bhawkins@mehca.org