WRA Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates

Are you interested in serving in a leadership role for your WRA? The WRA Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for 2012-2013 Chairman-Elect and Treasurer positions. The application is available from the WRA website or by contacting Sandy Bolgrihn at sandyb@wra.org. The deadline for submitting an application is December 30, 2011.

In addition, the Nominating Committee is seeking applications for the positions of 2012-2013 Executive Committee Vice President, NAR Director and WRA Board of Director Regional Representative. Please note that the number of openings for Regional Representative is determined by the membership as of February 28, 2012. The application deadline is March 15, 2012.

2011 WRA Award Winners

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