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2026 HLA Annual Meeting July 16th
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Bylaws Amendment
Bylaws Amendment
APPROVED by the HLA Board of Directors June 25, 2026
for Ratification by General Membership at Annual Meeting July 16, 2026
DELETED TEXT in Blue Strikethrough AMENDED TEXT in Red UNCHANGED TEXT in Black
ARTICLE IX — NOMINATIONS, AND ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
The Nominating Committee shall submit a slate of nominees for the Board of Directors. The slate shall be announced at the annual meeting, and the floor open for additional nominations.
Elections shall be conducted each year at the annual meeting. All members whose dues are paid shall be entitled to one vote. In the event of a resignation, the Board of Directors may select a replacement to serve until the next annual meeting.
A vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled by appointment by the President, with Board approval, to serve until the next Annual Meeting.
Reason for Amendment
Reason for Amendment
for the past several years we have used the Presidential Appointment process to add new members to the HLA Board. Doing this allows HLA members to "try out" a position on the Board, without commitment to a full 2 year term.
It also allows the Board to fill a vacancy more quickly, without waiting for election at the Annual Meeting.
This amendment clarifies that appointment process, and aligns the Bylaws with current practice.
Speakers for 2026 Annual Meeting
Speakers for 2026 Annual Meeting
John Maclaine
John McClain
John Maclaine
John Maclaine
Coordinator, Maine DEP Nonpoint Source Training Center
John.maclaine@maine.gov
(207) 615-3279
John Maclaine has served as the Coordinator of Maine DEP’s Nonpoint Source Training Center since 2019. Throughout the last 20 years, he has worked at the intersection of land use, development, habitat, and water quality in Maine through diverse roles in shorebird and fisheries restoration, land use and shoreline regulation, construction oversight, and environmental outreach.
Mila Plavsic, PhD
Mila Plavsic, PhD
Executive Director
Falmouth Land Trust
Mila grew up in Maine and Vermont, moving to Falmouth in 2007 after living in Washington, D.C. and overseas. Much of her work has focused on species conservation and habitat management in the Western Hemisphere (including New England) and in sub-Saharan Africa. She has degrees in conservation science from UVM, the Yale School of the Environment, and Cambridge University (UK). Mila served as a Presidential Management Fellow and Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, working on both domestic and international conservation issues. She then pursued her doctorate as a Fulbright student and Gates Scholar, studying fire ecology in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. After a number of years teaching at the college level (and serving on the FLT Board), she has returned to her roots in applied conservation as the Executive Director of FLT. Her passions are connecting people to the natural world and conserving biodiversity in all its wondrous forms. Mila lives in West Falmouth with her husband and two children, where they enjoy getting out on the trails to hike, bike, and ski. On rainy spring nights, they can be found helping salamanders to cross the road
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