Willingness-to-Serve Notice: BOS Base Vice President
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 BOS. 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 May 29, 2024, at 10:00am (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 July 12, 2024 therefore you must be in good standing by July 8, 2024. A member will also be eligible to vote if an official APFA payment plan is executed by June 12, 2024, per APFA Policy Manual, Section 2.G.7.f.
Election Timetable
Willingness-to-Serve Notifications must be electronically submitted by May 29, 2024, at 10:00am (CT).
- Balloting credentials and voter information will be mailed on June 12, 2024.
- 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 electronically by July 12, 2024, at 10:00am (CT) or requested paper ballots mailed back to the designated P.O. Box and received by July 12, 2024, at 10:00am (CT).
- The elected BOS Base Vice President will assume office immediately upon certification of the election results on July 12, 2024, for a term ending on March 31, 2025.
Ballot Count
The ballot count will be held on July 12, 2024, at 10:00am (CT) at:
APFA Headquarters
1004 West Euless Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76040
Once the National Ballot Committee certifies the election results, a hotline will be sent to the membership.
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, you are responsible for filling 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 May 29, 2024, at 10:00am (CT).
APFA Headquarters
1004 West Euless Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76040
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
Contract & Scheduling Desk
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
After-Hours Live Chat
Weekends / Holidays: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Currently, no scheduled events...
APFA Headquarters
1004 West Euless Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76040
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
Contract & Scheduling Desk
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
After-Hours Live Chat
Weekends / Holidays: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Currently, no scheduled events...
APFA Headquarters
1004 West Euless Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76040
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
Contract & Scheduling Desk
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
After-Hours Live Chat
Weekends / Holidays: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Currently, no scheduled events...