Warm greetings fellow alumnus,
It is the time for an election of new officers for our next 2015 Reunion- it is 100th anniversary! I still can remember our 2010 Reunion banquet like it was yesterday, wearing my Elvis wig and sunglasses, ha-ha. As most of you who came to 2010 Reunion weekend last June had seen another successful gathering with over 140 attendees. I want to congratulate and offer a round of applauses to our 2010 Reunion committee!
With our special 100th anniversary reunion coming up, we need to elect for 2015 new officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer) so the new officers can start preparing for our big 100th anniversary events. Our 2010 committee had met and discussed about using the new methods of electing our new officers through internet. We believe every St. Rita alumnus should be involved with St. Rita's alumnus association therefore we agreed the online and mail voting method would be best and convenient for everyone to be involved with our SRSDA organization.
Quick help:
nominee- (noun) candidate you recommend to run for officer position
nomination- (noun) the proposition itself; your recommendation
nominate- (verb) to propose your recommendation to election committee
Nomination Process (November 20 until December 20, 2010)
** extended to Jan 8th for email -or- show up meeting Jan 9th **
Rules of eligible nominee for 2015 SRSDA officers:
1. Must be member of class year between 1965 to 2005
2. Resident within 100 miles radius from St. Rita School's address
3. Student for 4 years or more at St. Rita School
4. Involvements with any SRSDA committees in the past
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Nomination pool opens on Saturday, November 20, 2010 through email submissions
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Nomination pool closes on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 11:59pm; late emails will not be accepted
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You may nominate same person for a different officer positions by sending separate nomination email
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Send email with all three required information to
* Your nomination will not be accepted if any information is missing! *
1. Which officer position: president, vice president, secretary, or treasury
2. Nominee name, his/her class year, and email address
3. Your name and your class year
Election committee will contact every nominees to check if each individual will accept or decline to run for officer position you nominated. If you want to nominate same person for different officer position, you need to send new separate email for auditing purpose.
Election (Monday, February 7 until Friday, February 11, 2011)
In February, we will have 5 days election starts on February 7th (Monday) until February 11 (Friday). You need to choose one method to vote: internet or mail, but can only pick one. A list of candidates will be announced in January through SRSDA email or www.srsda.org.
1. Vote on internet (website address: TBA)
If you choose to vote through internet, you will receive an email with link to election website on February 7th. If you did not receive election email, please send an email to srsdeafalumni@gmail.com and we will send you the link for you to register and vote online.
When you receive a site-linked email you can vote anytime at your convenience from your home, work, or at library. The election will run for five (5) days and you will only be allowed to vote once through online election. The link in email will expire on 11:59pm Friday February 11.
2. Vote through mail (mail address: TBA)
If you choose to vote through mail, you will need to download print the candidate nomination paper from SRSDA website (www.srsda.org/2015_election) or you can write on blank letter. After you list the nominee names and which positions on your letter, send your letter to us through mail.
Your mail *must* be postmarked between February 7, 2010 and February 11, 2010 for your vote to be eligible during the election dates. If your mail is late but postmarked before February 11 is still good.
Election committee
An election committee will be determined after all nomination candidates are received and processed. Tentative committee are Steve Bright, Daniel Blessing, and Paul Petrie unless one of them accept the nominate to run for one of officer position then different person will be selected by the 2010 committee.
After election committee receive and process all nomination candidates for their eligibility, we will announce the list of candidates for each position on SRSDA website in January 2011. Our election committee will do video interviews with each candidate with few questions and summary of why you should vote for whom. All video interviews will be available online during the election period in February on SRSDA website.
Officers announcement at Ice Breaking party (March TBA)
After the election closes on February 11, the election committee will process each person's vote through validation process. Then the votes will be counted by the committee to verify the total votes for each officer position. The new 2015 officers will be announced at SRSDA's ice breaking party in March 2010.
With part of our next reunion being big 100th anniversary, we need to be very careful with choosing nominations to run for 2015 officers to ensure our major event shall be smooth and flawlessly. Remember our 100th anniversary reunion is just few years away, we need to get started on planning for our grand celebration! :) If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at srsdeafalumni@gmail.com and I will reply back as soon as I can.
Sincerely yours,
Phil Meredith, 1995
President SRSDAA
