TAGB Election 2026-2027

TAGB ELECTIONS 2026-2027

Instructions

 According to the revised Bylaws approved on Oct 30, 2022, elections will be held for four positions of Executive Committee (President Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and Cultural Secretary) for one-year term of 2025-2026, and three positions for Board of Trustees for a two-year term of 2026-2028.

    According to the amendment to Bylaws approved on November 8, 2014 the current president-elect is required to submit the nomination form to become President in subsequent year. Nominees for the President-Elect position must have served at least two terms on the Governing Body including minimum one term in the Executive Committee.

 A nominee for any of the four open positions must be a Life or Patron Member of TAGB and a resident of the TAGB Area (Nominee is the person who is running for the office). For more details on the eligibility requirements, please refer Bylaws at www.tagb.org. All nominations must be sent by USPS Certified-Mail or by any trackable courier services like UPS or FedEx to  (deadline to receive: November 30, 2025) to the following address: 

TAGB Election Committee

59 Buttercup Ln

South Grafton MA 01560

Please follow it up with an e-mail to elections@tagb.org.

Part 1: Must choose one position the nominee would like to contest

Part 2: Must be filled in by two nominators (not from the same household). Nominators must write the full name and the member ID legibly.

Part 3: Must be filled in by the nominee and provide his signature and contact information.

Part 4: A non-refundable nomination fee of $150 (payable to TAGB) must be attached for Executive Committee position and a non-refundable nomination fee of $300 for any position in Board of Trustees (BOT) in the form of a personal or bank check.

All nominations must be received by the Election Committee at the above address by November 30, 2025.

The nominee is encouraged to provide a personal statement and describe his motivation for seeking the office of any of the open positions. Also, please attach a separate sheet of bio-data that highlights candidate’s experience and leadership skills suitable for running a Telugu cultural organization, and email soft-copy of the same bio-data to elections@tagb.org. The statement and bio-data will be distributed to eligible TAGB voters along with election ballots, for their consideration in their voting decision. Final nominees may obtain the voter list from elections@tagb.org after signing an appropriate consent form.

Schedule:

Results will be communicated to candidates and the New BOT & EC members will be introduced on Sankranti event day.

Click here for Nomination Form: PDF Format