Call For Nominations - Region IV Board of Directors

 

We are having our annual call for nomination of candidates for membership to the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Boston Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. and its standing committees. Click here for all the attachments pertaining to our call for nominations.

The Council is obligated to disseminate a Call for Board Member Nominations to a broad audience annually. Through this process, we seek to identify candidates to succeed those members who no longer wish to serve on the Board. We also wish to receive letters of intent from those members who are eligible and intend to seek re-election for an additional term that commences in June 2024.

 

Nominations are being accepted.

Nominations will be accepted through Thursday, May 16, 2024

 

The Metropolitan Boston Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc., is one of five state-designated Regional Emergency Medical Services Councils in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Council's primary mission is to coordinate and improve Emergency Medical Services in its designated service area, which is Region IV. The Council's service area encompasses sixty-one eastern Massachusetts cities and towns (EMS Region IV). 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Metropolitan Boston Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc Organization Chart, 2023

The Board of Directors is the policy-making body of the Metropolitan Boston Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. and is comprised of thirty-five members of the Metropolitan Boston hospital, pre-hospital, public health, public safety, and lay communities. One member of the Council is a member of the Massachusetts Senate or House of Representatives.  The Board meets quarterly and has five standing committees, which carry out the majority of the Council’s work: Medical Control Committee, Membership Committee, Pre-Hospital System Coordination Committee, Public Information and Education Resource Committee, and Trauma Systems Committee.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Membership on the Board of Directors and its standing committees is open to individuals who reside in or are associated with a public health or safety organization based in one of the sixty-one cities and towns that constitute Massachusetts EMS Region IV.  Positions currently open for nomination in the following membership categories are –                

  • At-Large Member (6); Consumer Safety Group Representative (1)

  • Critical Care Provider Representative (1)

  • EMS Educator Representative (1)

  • EMS Field Provider Representative (1)

  • EMS First Response Service Representative (1)

  • Law Enforcement Representative (1)

  • Licensed Ambulance Service Representative (1); Licensed Physician (2); Local Government Representative (1)

  • MIH/CP Representative (1)

  • Non-Physician Emergency Care Provider (1)

  • Primary EMS Provider, City of Boston (1).

Board member terms are for two (2) years, but there are no term limits.  The Council conducts this Annual Call for Board Member Nominations process, and Board members whose term is up for renewal may renew their positions during this time as well, as any Chair that is a Board member can renew their chair position.

NOMINATIONS

Nominations are also sought for the Chair of the Board of Directors, Vice Chair Board of Directors; Chair of the Medical Control Committee, and Chair of the PIER Committee, as well as membership on the Council’s Medical Control, PIER, and Pre-Hospital Committees. Attached is a summary of the committee functions.

The Membership Committee (comprised of members of the Board of Directors) will convene for the purpose of receiving nominations and preparing a slate for consideration. Nominations for membership will be accepted by the Membership Committee from individuals who have a thorough knowledge of the person whom they choose to nominate. Candidates for membership may also nominate themselves. 

 

WHEN YOU SUBMIT NOMINATIONS, PLEASE INCLUDE:

•           Your name, email address, and telephone number as the NOMINATOR, along with the name, email address, and telephone number of the NOMINEE;       

•           A STATEMENT FROM YOU, THE NOMINATOR, of the Nominee’s qualifications and description of the attributes that the Nominee will bring to the Council;    

•           A LETTER FROM THE NOMINEE in which they describe the contributions that they might make to the Council and acknowledge their acceptance of the nomination.

Address letter to: Derrick Congdon

                             Executive Director

Metropolitan Boston Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc.

 

Thursday, May 16, 2024, to ericksen@mbemsc.org.

 

Individuals seeking additional information about the Council or the nomination process should contact Mr. Congdon dcongdon@mbemsc.org.