If not ME, who? If not NOW, when? -- Officer election is coming
Stella He
Venue: Regular Meeting Room
Date: December 9th
Time: Second half of the meeting
Language: Mandarin (English also acceptable)
Registration:
Nomination Chair: Stella He
Approach: E-mail, SMS, Wechat, phone call
Deadline: December 8th
7 officer positions to be elected(按选举顺序)
1) President
2) Vice President Education (VPE)
3) Vice President Membership (VPM)
4) Vice Predident Public Relationship (VPPR)
5) Treasurer
6) Secretary
7) Sergeant at Arms (SAA)
All the 7 officers’ responsibilities can be found in the link below:
https://www.toastmasters.org/Leadership-Central/Club-Officer-Tools/Club-Officer-Roles
Eligibility(候选人资格):
1) All of the club paid members and registered on TI（本俱乐部付费及TI注册会员）
2) All candidates are voluntary to compete for all officer roles.（所有候选人均为自愿参选，且可参选所有7个职位）
3) Every member can compete for all the positions, but can take just one position in one term.（每个会员都可以参选7个职位，但是只能当选一个职位）
4) Nobody can serve one same position for more than 2 terms in succession.（每个职务最多只能连任两届）
5) Each candidate should present a 2-minute campaign speech.（每个候选人均需做一个2分钟的竞选演讲）
6) If candidate can not attend meeting personally, he/she can enroll a representative to present the campaign speech.(候选人若不能到场，可委托会员代为发表竞选演讲)
Validating（会议有效性）:
1) More than half the paid members attend the election meeting.
（过半数付费在册会员参加，选举会议方位有效选举）
2) The candidate gets more than half of the attending members' votes.
（候选人获得过半数选票则当选；若落选，仍有资格竞选后续职务；若只有一名候选人，竞选主席可邀请秘书直接代为投出一票，直接当选；若平票，则采用掷硬币决定）
3) No proxy is allowed.