Nomination and Election Processes

8/1/05

Eligibility

Any youth is eligible for nomination as a regional director. However, the nominated youth should use discretion when accepting his/her nomination. If, for some reason, the youth will not be able to attend many of the meetings, or will not be able to take an active role in the Youth Advisory Board, the youth should not accept the nomination.

Director

Directors are nominated by the youth in their regions. Each youth will have the opportunity to nominate someone from their region by e-mail or mail.

Nominee must be from nominator’s region. Nominee must accept the nomination within three weeks of being notified. There can be no more than four (4) directors from each region, and no more than two (2) directors from each state within the region. If there are more than two per state or more than four per region, those with the most nominations will be asked to accept their nomination. If they do not accept their nomination, the nominees with fewer nominations will be the runners-up. Youth may nominate themselves in this part of the election process.

New director nominations counted and released in October.

Advisor/Assistant

All nominations from youth must be turned in by September 20. The new directors will then choose an Advisor and Assistant Advisor for their year, by nomination and election. Directors will nominate an Advisor and an Assistant. Only directors are available for nomination. Directors may NOT nominate themselves. If any one director is nominated for both positions, he/she will be asked to choose which position to run for. Ballots will be made and sent to all directors, who will vote and send in their ballots by January 1. Candidates may NOT vote for themselves.