WTS - 2023 LGA VP Notice

Willingness-to-Serve Notice: LGA Base Vice President

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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 position of Base Vice President for LGA. A complete list of duties for Base Vice President can be found in Article III, Section 7 of the APFA Constitution.

Candidate Information

This election is open to all members in good standing. Each candidate must be a member in good standing by the closing of the Willingness-to-Serve deadline on June 30, 2023, at 1000 (CT). Any member in good standing may self-nominate or may nominate another member. Candidates not self-nominated will be contacted by the National Ballot Committee to confirm their Willingness-to-Serve. Please refer to the APFA Policy Manual, Section 14.G, for Willingness-to-Serve policies.

Virtual Candidate Forum

The National Ballot Committee and the APFA National Secretary will hold a virtual candidate forum. All candidates will be contacted if there is an election with the date/time and are strongly encouraged to attend to learn more about the election process and ask questions.

Voter Information

To be able to vote, each APFA member must be a member in good standing no later than five (5) days prior to the date the votes are counted (“balloting date”). The balloting date is August 18, 2023 therefore you must be in good standing by August 14, 2023. A member will also be eligible to vote if an official APFA payment plan is executed by July 19, 2023, per APFA Policy Manual, Section 2.G.7.f.

Election Timetable

Willingness-to-Serve Notifications must be electronically submitted by June 30, 2023, at 1000 (CT).

Balloting credentials and voter information will be mailed on July 19, 2023.
Balloting will be conducted electronically, you will receive your voting credentials by USPS mail to address on file with APFA, and you may request a paper ballot be mailed to you.
Ballots must be submitted or mailed back to designated P.O. Box and received by August 18, 2023, at 1000 (CT).
The elected LGA Base Vice President will assume office immediately upon certification of the election results on August 18, 2023, for a term ending on March 31, 2025.

Instructions for Willingness-to-Serve (WTS)

Any active member in good standing may nominate themselves or another member. You must be a member in good standing at the closing deadline of this Willingness-to-Serve, if you are not a member in good standing at the closing deadline of the Willingness-to-Serve, your Willingness-to-Serve will be deemed ineligible

The Willingness-To-Serve (WTS) form is Electronic. APFA will not accept paper Willingness-To-Serves. The only acceptable form is the electronic form found on the APFA website. There is an acknowledgment box and 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 will be sent to the email address you provided along with an Entry ID#. You need only submit your WTS one (1) time, but if you submit more than (1), for any reason, only the last submission received will be used.

NEW: You now can 'Save Progress & Continue Later'. This option allows you to return to your Willingness-to-Serve later to complete. Under the 'Save Progress & Continue Later', it will allow you to email yourself a link that will bring you back to your form to complete. The link is valid for 30 days or until the form is submitted. Once you submit the form the link will no longer be valid.

To submit your form, finish filling out ALL required fields and click Submit at the end. Saving your progress will NOT submit your form.

Each candidate’s information will be reprinted with a consistent format, and no graphics will be included. All candidates’ information is optional, including personal statements and references. There will be no corrections made to spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization, intent or content. Per the APFA Policy Manual, Section 14.g.8.c, if limitations are exceeded, personal statements will be cut off at natural sentence break, and biographical information will be brought into compliance by cutting off line items where exceeded, and/or deleting the oldest items. The NBC will advise you if there is truncation because limitations were exceeded. You will not be provided an opportunity to make revisions to the candidate booklets provided to the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee.

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 appear on the Willingness-to-Serve that is sent to all members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee.

References listed must be members in good standing at the time of the Willingness-to-Serve closing on June 30, 2023, at 1000 (CT).

Willingness-to-Serve Notice: LGA Base Vice President

Thank you for your interest in the LGA Willingness-to-Serve. The form is now closed.

Election Notice

Candidate Information

Virtual Candidate Forum

Voter Information

Election Timetable

Instructions for Willingness-to-Serve (WTS)

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