This is to notify all members of the upcoming elections of the Directors to the Board of Jain Society of North Texas (JSNT). The JSNT Board of Directors formally invites nominations from the members interested in serving on the Board for the term from Jan 2024 to Dec 2025. 

The JSNT Board comprises of 15 Directors; 5 Directors from each of the below 3 sects/groups:

• Digambar

• Swetamber Murtipujak (Deravasi)

• Sthanakvasi/ Terapanthi

The Election Committee will oversee the elections and the Board has appointed the following members to the Election Committee:

• Hansa Varia

• Dr Dhiren Shah

• Komal Jain

Each nomination should be submitted on the nomination form, signed by the individual proposing and by the nominee, and emailed to election-office@dfwjains.org no later than Nov 6th, 2023. Members who chose not to opt to join any of the three sectarian groups can also send their nomination from any of the sectarian groups. The Election committee will coordinate with the corresponding sect to limit the number of nominations to five nominees.

Who can vote:

• All Life Members of JSNT who have paid their dues by March 31, 2023

• All Annual Members of JSNT for 2 consecutive preceding years who have paid their dues for the year 2023 by March 31, 2023.

• Members who chose not to opt to join any of the three sectarian groups, that in order for them to participate in sectarian elections, they shall exercise the option to participate by Mon, Nov 6, 2023. Such members should email their option to vote in a sectarian group by sending an email to membership@dfwjains.org.

 Important policies:

Members should review the following policies before applying.

• JSNT Policy - Election Procedures for JSNT Board

• JSNT Policy – Membership 1.4

• JSNT Policy – Qualification criteria for Member of JSNT Board 1.3