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The Lithuanian Foundation is seeking nominations for candidates to 8 positions – 5 to its Board of Directors for a 3-year term and 3 to the Audit Committee for a 1-year term. Elections will be held at the Annual LF Member’s Meeting on April 14, 2012 at the Lithuanian World Center in Lemont, Illinois.

We invite all voting LF members to submit nominations. In order for names to be included on the pre-printed ballot and in the list of candidates mailed to all voting members of the Foundation 30 days before the Annual meeting, a nominee's signed acceptance must be faxed, emailed, or mailed to the LF Nominations Committee and received no later than February 15, 2012. Acceptances received after that date and nominations from the floor during the annual members meeting will be accepted as write-in candidates.

All who became voting members by December 31, 2011 are eligible to be nominated for either the Board of Directors or Internal Audit Committee positions. Nominations should include the candidate’s name, address, telephone number, and a short (500 words or fewer) summary of the candidate’s biographical information, qualifications, community experience, and his or her written consent for candidacy.

Candidates should also submit responses to the following questions by February 15, 2015:

• When did you become a member of the Lithuanian Foundation?
• What is your professional experience and how would it benefit LF?
• What is your experience working with the Lithuanian community?
• Why have you chosen to run for the Board or Audit Committee?
• How do you assess the work of LF and what are your hopes for its future?

Kindly note, nominees from the floor will also be asked to respond to these questions.

Please send nominations and consent to candidacy to: LF Nominations Committee c/o Lithuanian Foundation, Inc., 14911 127 th Street, Lemont, IL 60439, Fax: 630-257-1647, e-mail: admin@lithfund.org.

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