Hello All,
On behalf of AASE, I would like to announce the nomination and election procedures for the Executive Board for the upcoming year. Our bylaws mandate an electronic election completed by the first day of our national conference that is overseen by an election committee. For those of you who are fans of reading bylaws, they are attached below.
So, in accordance with the bylaws, we have set up the following process. Please go to the Membership page of the AASE website and follow the Nomination link which can be found here: http://www.associationofacademicsupporteducators.org/membership.html. To nominate someone, you must be an AASE Member. If you are unsure whether you are an AASE member, please contact us at aasemembership@gmail.com. You many nominate only one person for each position, but you can nominate the same person for more than one position. Self-nominations are allowed.
Nominations are due by April 22, 2016. All nominees confirmed by the election committee (Jamie Kleppetsch, Paula Manning, and myself – the members of the Executive Board who are not eligible to run for an office) will be forwarded to the Executive Board by May 1, 2016. We will then circulate an online ballot. Voting will be open for one week leading up to the national conference and will close on May 24, 2016, the end of the first day of the national conference.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, Jamie, or Paula.
Thanks,
Pavel Wonsowicz
President, AASE
RELEVANT BYLAWS:
- Elections. Any member of the Association in good standing, except an Emeritus Member, is eligible for elected office.
(A) Pursuant to Article VIII, the President of the Association shall each year appoint an Elections Committee. By April 1 of each year, the chair of the Elections Committee shall invite AASE members to nominate candidates for officer election.
(B) A nomination may be transmitted to the Elections Committee in any form, but, to be effective, it must be received by April 22. The Elections Committee shall determine whether each nominated person is eligible. The Elections Committee shall also contact each nominated person to determine whether each nominated person is willing to serve.
(C) By May 1 of each year, the Elections Committee shall forward to the Executive Committee a list of eligible persons who have been nominated and have confirmed their willingness to serve (the “nominees”) together with statements of interest submitted by the nominees.
(D) In accordance with Article IV(8), the Elections Committee shall schedule an electronic mail election to be completed no later than the first day of the annual meeting for that year.
(E) The Elections Committee, under the supervision of the President and the President Elect, shall oversee the counting of ballots and shall certify the results to the Secretary. Nominees receiving the largest number of votes shall be deemed elected whether or not they receive a majority of the votes cast. In the event of a tie vote, the Elections Committee shall schedule a runoff election between the nominees who received an equal number of votes on the first ballot. The Elections Committee shall provide seven days’ notice of any such runoff election.
