ELECTION NOTICE

Pursuant to Article VI, Section 2 of the APFA Constitution, Notifications of WILLINGNESS-TO-SERVE are now being accepted for the Base Representative positions of BASE PRESIDENT, BASE VICE PRESIDENT and BASE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE (BCR) for the following bases, BOS, CLT, DCA, DFW, LAX, LGA, MIA, ORD, PHL PHX and SFO. A complete list of duties for BASE PRESIDENT, BASE VICE PRESIDENT and BASE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE can be found in the APFA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE III. SEC. 7.

 

CANDIDATE INFORMATION

This election is open to all members in good standing. Each candidate must be a member in good standing by 1000 CT, JANUARY 14, 2021. Any member in good standing may self-nominate her/himself or may nominate another member. Candidates not self-nominated will be contacted by the National Ballot Committee to confirm their Willingness-to-Serve. Withdrawals must be made within three (3) days after the Willingness-to-Serve due date.

 

VOTER INFORMATION

To be able to vote, each APFA member must be a member in good standing (no more than sixty (60) days in dues arrears) no later than five (5) days prior to the date the votes are counted (“balloting date”). The balloting date is March 5,2021, therefore you must be in good standing by March 1, 2021. A member will also be eligible to vote if he or she is on an official APFA payment plan that was executed at least thirty (30) days prior to the balloting date by FEBURARY 3, 2021, for the election.

 

ELECTION TIMETABLE

Willingness-to-Serve Notifications must be electronically submitted by 1000 CT, JANUARY 14, 2021.

Ballots will be mailed FEBURARY 3, 2021. Ballots must be mailed back and received by 1000 CT, MARCH 5, 2021.

The elected Base Representatives will assume office on April 1, 2021 for a 2-year term ending March 31, 2023.

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR WILLINGNESS-TO-SERVE

The Willingness-To-Serve (WTS) form is now Electronic and can be found on the APFA website www.apfa.org. The National Ballot Committee will no longer accept paper Willingness-To-Serves.  The only acceptable form is the electronic form found on the APFA website. There is a signature line at the end of the form that you will need to sign electronically.  There are instructions on how to sign the form on the WTS.  Once you have completed the form, you will click the submit button. You will receive a notice that your WTS has been submitted and a copy sent to your email address you provided along with an Entry ID#.  It is important that you keep this ID# for your records.  The National Ballot Committee will not be able to retrieve the WTS’s until the date and time specified, but will be able to see the Entry ID#’s. You need only submit your WTS one (1) time, but if you submit more than (1), for any reason, the NBC will only use the last one received.  Candidates for Base officer, Base President or Base Vice President, may run for only one (1) Base officer position per election, that is either Base President or Base Vice President.  Candidates for either Base President or Base Vice President may run simultaneously for an BRC position. If you wish to run for both Base officer (Base President / Vice President) and BCR simultaneously, please select accordingly on the form.  Each candidate’s information will be reprinted with a consistent format, and no graphics will be included.  All candidate’s information is optional, including personal statements and references. There will be no corrections made to spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization, intent or content. If limitations are exceeded, personal statements will be cut off at the limit and biographical information will be brought into compliance by deleting the oldest items. You will not be provided an opportunity to make revisions to the electronic candidate booklet.

If you are nominating someone, we ask that you fill out any/all sections of the WTS including references, personal statements and biographical information as all of this will be included in the electronic candidate booklet. The individual you are nominating will not have the opportunity to fill these sections out after the WTS is received.

It is your responsibility to inform references that their names will be published in the electronic candidate booklet.

As a reminder to all prospective candidates, the use of the APFA or the American Airlines logo, symbol or insignia on campaign material is prohibited.