WITC Board of Trustees Application and Instructions for Membership

Application/Affidavit Instructions

Wisconsin Technical College System
District Board Membership

Wisconsin Statutes have established a series of specific requirements relating to district board appointments. These instructions are intended to help you understand those requirements as they will affect your application for membership on a district board.

Please review the instructions (with application) prior to completing the Application/Affidavit. The numbered sections in the Application/Affidavit correspond to the numbered sections in the instructions.

When submitting your name for candidacy, it is necessary to return only your completed Application/Affidavit to the district board appointment committee. You may retain the information packet.

There are four important requirements, listed below, that all candidates must meet in order to be eligible for WTC district board membership:

1. Be residents of the Wisconsin Technical College (WTC) district in which they are applying for board membership.

2. Submit a properly completed application/affidavit to the district board appointment committee chairperson within 14 days of the publication of an announcement requesting applications or no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, 2008.
   
   Send your notarized applications to:
   Mr. Clarence Malick, Chairperson
   District Board Appointment Committee
   WITC Administrative Office
   505 Pine Ridge Drive
   Shell Lake, WI 54871
    
3. Attend a district board appointment committee public hearing in person and be interviewed.
    
4. Have at least two letters of reference submitted supporting their candidacy.

 Each district board has 9 members:

• 3 additional members
• 2 employers
• 2 employees
• 1 school district administrator
• 1 elected official

The following three vacancies will exist on the WITC District Board on July 1, 2008:
Note: Incumbents are eligible to reapply.

 3-Year Terms: July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011

The 2008 Appointment Hearing is scheduled on Friday, April 4, 2008, beginning at 10 a.m. at the WITC - Administrative Office (505 Pine Ridge Drive, Shell Lake, WI 54871). 

A WTCS Overview and Statement of Economic Interest are provided for additional information.

Please contact Kim Olson for an application packet or click on link above.