Long-standing Te Awamutu College board member Jock Ellis has stepped aside.
His decision comes after nine years on the board – and with nominations for the college’s upcoming mid-term board elections now closed.
It’s a tenure board chair Craig Yarndley – who is nearing his own nine-year anniversary on the board – was full of praise for.
The college board is looking to fill two vacancies through the mid-term elections process – held every 18 months in between the regular three-year
terms.
Yarndley said board member Nick Hewlett has been nominated to fill one of them, ahead of an election process set for next month – and the board has enough representatives to operate without the other place filled.
He said some others had been identified as possible options to approach about coming onto the board, because they had skill sets which would complement the existing make up.
They would be approached in the future, he said.
Nominations closed earlier this month, the board’s mid-term election day is set for November 15.
