PTOS 2019 Call for Nominations

You can have a voice in PTOS!

Turn in your nominating petition form between December 3 - December 14 and your name will be placed on the ballot for the 2019 election.

Nominations will be accepted for the following positions:

Positions for which all PTOS members are eligible:

President

Vice President

Secretary

Administrator

Treasurer

At Large Representative (10 positions available)

Alexandria HQ / Shirlington Campus / Hoteling Representative Positions (Member must work on campus at Alexandria HQ, Shirlington Campus, or hotel from any USPTO Office, and work within the respective business unit):

TC 1600, 1700/2900, 2100, 2400, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700 (2 from each – 16 total positions)

OCFO / OCAO / OCIO / OPIM (1 position)

Trademarks (2 positions)

Office of the Director / PTAB / Office of the General Counsel /Office of Policy & International Affairs (1 position)

OPLA/OPQA/All others not specified (1 position) – Includes Office of the Commissioner, CRU, others

Regional Office Representative Positions (Member must work on campus at the respective Regional Office, and can be on a non-hoteling telework agreement):

Midwest Regional Office (1 position)

Rocky Mountain Regional Office (1 position)

Silicon Valley Regional Office (1 position)

Texas Regional Office (1 position)

Visit http://www.ptos.org/committees/election/2019_election.html to get your nominating petition form.

Completed forms must be delivered by 5:00PM E.T. on December 14, 2018.  Hand-deliveries may be brought to Rob Fuller (Alexandria HQ KNX 2C05), Thane Underdahl (RMRO BRB 15140), or Maria Edwards (SVRO SJC 273).  Electronic submissions may be sent to robert.fuller@uspto.gov.

Violations of PTOS Election Committee bylaws (available at ptos.org) can be confidentially reported to the Election Committee at evote@ptos.org.

Voting will take place from January 9-11, 2019.