Dear AAPS Members:
This is the first call for nominations to the AAPS Executive Board. Elections to the AAPS Executive Board are held each year. This year we made a change to our Bylaws to enable on-line elections in the last few weeks leading up to our Fall Annual General Meeting in October (the 2008 AGM will be at 1200 in the SUB Theatre on Oct 22nd). This year nominations will close at the end of September. Nominees for the Executive Board will be encouraged to submit a “candidate’s statement” for posting on the AAPS website.
The Executive Board is elected to a one-year term by the members of the Association to set the policy and oversee the operation of the Association. In recent years with the hiring of professional staff in the AAPS office Executive Board members have been relieved of most of the administrative functions that previously required much of their time. This has enabled the Executive Board to address policy and oversight issues without requiring an enormous time investment. The elected positions on the Executive Board are as follows:
· President
· 1st Vice-President
· 2nd Vice-President
· Treasurer
· Secretary
· Members-at-Large (up to 6 positions)
All members are encouraged to consider running for the Executive Board if they have the time and interest in doing so. The time commitment is generally one business meeting of approximately 2 hours every 4 weeks and interspersed are a smaller number of 2 hour planning meetings. We usually hold a 1-day retreat in November and a half-day retreat in the spring. From time to time Executive Board members may also undertake sub-committee work on particular issues as time and interest are available. We encourage members to review the issues AAPS is working on and our committees by visiting the website at: www.aaps.ubc.ca.
If you would like information about the role of Executive Board members generally we invite you to connect with any of the current Executive Board members all of whom are listed on our website: http://www.aaps.ubc.ca/about_executive_board.html.
For information on the elections process or submitting your or another member’s nomination please contact either the AAPS office at 822-9025 (aaps@interchange.ubc.ca), or contact the Chair of the Nominations Committee who is Michael Shepard at 822-6290 (michael.shepard@ubc.ca).
Other members of the Nominations Committee are: Justin Marples at 822-0116 (justin.marples@ubc.ca); Shawn Swallow (UBCO) at 250-807-9223 (shawn.swallow@ubc.ca); and Linda Rasmussen (VGH) at 875-4711 (lindar@interchange.ubc.ca).
Best regards,
David
Executive Director, AAPS - UBC
Association of Administrative and Professional Staff
604-822-8230 www.aaps.ubc.ca
