Step 1: Call for nominations.

MCN's 23-member board is comprised 14 individuals from MCN nonprofit member organizations and 9 individuals who are not required to represent MCN member nonprofits.  Nominations for consideration on this year's board slate will open in April.

Step 2: Announcing the slate.

MCN’s nominating committee will review nominations and advance a slate of vetted and recommended board candidates in September. Upon announcement of the slate, MCN will open a petitioning process, allowing for interested individuals to petition to be considered for addition to the slate. MCN's bylaws state that any individual representing an MCN nonprofit member may be added to the slate by submitting a petition with the signatures of at least five percent of MCN's nonprofit members.

Step 3: Member vote.

Voting to approve the recommended slate will open to ALL nonprofit members via email in October with online voting remaining open for two weeks. Each nonprofit member organization will be allowed to cast one vote for approval or declination of the recommended slate. If multiple ballots are submitted from the same organization, MCN will include only the first ballot submitted.

Step 4: Announcing the new board.

The new member-representative board members will be announced in January of the next year, beginning an initial three-year term of service.