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Candidate Interviews for the USA Team Handball Board of Directors Election

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USA Team Handball is conducting an election for one of the General Membership Director Seats on the Board of Directors. I’ve reached out to all the candidates and invited them to join me for a short, get to know the candidate interview. As those interviews are completed I will post links to them here in this consolidated post.

Note: Only members of USA Team Handball who have been members since October 21, 2024 are eligible to vote in this election. If you are eligible you should have received an email notice from Election Runner. The election started on Monday, 23 December and will conclude on Friday, 27 December.

Here is some top level information regarding the interview that I provided to each candidate:

I envision the interview as simply an opportunity for people to get to know you better and to touch on a few key issues.  I’ll start with these topical areas:

  • Tell me about your handball related background.
  • Tell me about your non-handball related background and how it might facilitate you being a good board member.
  • Why do you want to be a board member?
  • What are your thoughts regarding what happened with the Board of Directors this past summer and how it might inform your role on the board and the decisions it makes?  
  • What are your thoughts regarding what historically has been a big resource decision for the Board:  How much resources should be applied towards national teams and how much should be applied towards development?
  • Are there any other issues that you want to talk about?

I certainly have my own thoughts regarding some of these topics, but I don’t want to turn a “get to know a candidate interview” into a debate. There might be a few logical follow up questions, but I’ll try to let you, the candidate, do most of the talking.  Feel free to say as little or as much as you want.