Now Accepting Nominations for the 2021-2023 CTG Leadership Council!

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By Hylan Joseph

Being a Leadership Council member with the Coffee Technicians Guild has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. There is nothing more gratifying the being able to see the results of your efforts on a large scale. It’s been fascinating to watch the development of our guild from a nascent unit with 24 members to a growing and active guild with over 200 members worldwide.

We want you!

Each year the leadership of the CTG finds itself with a few Leadership Council members nearing the end of their term. Our process is to nominate new potential leaders and hold an election where our membership votes. You may think you are not qualified or don’t have anything to offer to the CTG. That's exactly how some of us felt too, until someone asked us, and then suddenly we realized we had ideas and passions that can offer something to this guild. Each member of the guild has intrinsic value that they can offer that we can learn from and use this information to make a better, stronger guild. Consider nominating yourself or someone you know.

This year, the CTG is looking for a diverse group of four (4) members to join the 12-member Leadership Council. LC members are members of the Coffee Technicians Guild and are individuals willing to dedicate time to leading our guild into the future. We estimate a monthly contribution of 10 hours per month on average.

A Leadership Council member’s role and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Serving a term of two (2) years as a Leadership Council Member.

  • Putting own ideas for activities and events forward via a project-style working culture, this includes presenting ideas, gaining support from the wider CTGLC and realizing the project using common project managing tools.

  • Being very well connected with the technicians community and be passionate about sharing knowledge and insights.

  • Communicating with the LC group through monthly conference calls and two larger (potentially) in-person meetings per year.

  • Attend the Specialty Coffee Expo and/or World of Coffee event, and serve as a representative of the CTG Leadership Council.

Are you willing to take on the challenge of becoming a part of the next Leadership Council? Know someone that would be a good fit for the role? Nominate yourself or someone else via the form linked below.

Nominations will be accepted from September 8 to October 4, 2021.

Election Timeline

The official election timeline is as follows for 2021 - 2023 Leadership Council members of the CTG:

  • September 8 - October 4: Nominations accepted

  • October: Election Committee vets all candidates per criteria in bylaws

  • November 1: Slate of candidates is announced

  • November 1 - 15: Write-in candidates are accepted

  • November 22 - December 6: Voting by eligible CTG members.

  • December 10: Announcement of election result

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