The election details will be as follows.
There will be two elections.
One will be for the core EXCO, comprising PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL SECRETARY and TREASURER. These are the key admin appointments. It will be held on 9th April 2009 (Thursday before Good Friday holiday).
The second election will be held by the newly elected EXCO to select their EXCO directors (some of whom might even be new students, or returning students from SEP). These are: EDITOR, PROJECT DIRECTOR 1, PROJECT DIRECTOR 2 and MARKETING PROJECT DIRECTOR. It will be held either on the 2nd or 3rd week of school when it reopens in August, depending on the newly elected core EXCO.
Voters eligible are all members past and present, plus those who have studied or are currently studying German.
The process will be as follows: all applicants send in their resumes to us and these will be screened and put up for common information.
They will be writing:
their name,
matric number,
year,
German level,
position interested that they are running for,
1st and 2nd choices,
personal bio,
and what they can contribute to the society.
The deadline will be 1st April 2009.
Those who send in their resumes and get registered are considered for voting and their forms will most prob be printed out and displayed, etc.
For the day itself,
1. all candidates who have successfully registered will give a 5-10 min speech.
The floor is permitted to ask questions.
The process will be controlled by the outgoing committee not standing for election.
2. all present will fill in the vote.
Voting is secret and all present cannot collude.
All will write down only one name per choice.
No repetition is allowed.
The vote consists of the following list, with a blank next to the name.
CHOICE OF PRESIDENT ____________________________
CHOICE OF VICE PRESIDENT____________________________
CHOICE OF GENERAL SECRETARY ____________________________
CHOICE OF TREASURER________________________________
3. counting will be done in public.
Votes will be immediately tabulated on the board.
4. If there is no clear winner with a majority, only that position will be recontested. Points 1 to 3 follow.
5. Results will be out on the day itself. We estimate 2.5 hours at the very maximum for voting to start and end. We will start on time and end before time.
6:30PM to 9:30 PM, Friday, 9th April 2009.
Yusof Ishak House, YIH Function Room (exact details to be furnished later)
Thank you and cheers!
Shawn Seah
General Secretary, German Language Society
