STYP Annual Elections

STYP Annual Elections for officer and board member positions will be held during the Annual Meeting on January 23rd at the United Way.

Positions that will be voted on include:

• President
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Executive Committee Board Members (9 Positions)

Nominations:

To nominate yourself for a position and officially be on the ballot for the January 23rd elections, send the following information to nominations@styp.org by 5PM on January 10th.  

• First and Last Name
• Position for which you are running.
• If you are running for an officer position, also indicate if you want to run for a board member position in the event that you do not win the officer position.
• Vision for STYP / Reason for running / Related experience.  Please limit to 200 words.
• Headshot photograph (optional)

Nominations with above information will be published on the STYP website for members to review by January 11th and will be included in an information packet on election day.

Nominations will also be accepted during the meeting.  These nominations will be treated as write-ins.

All candidates must be current (2014) STYP members.

Voting Rules for January 23rd Annual Meeting:

• Every candidate will have three minutes to introduce themselves.
• Only current (2014) STYP members can vote.  Members will be required to sign in to receive a ballot. Memberships can be purchased at the Annual Meeting or on the STYP website. Renew your membership now!
  
• Voting will occur in one round.  Candidates who run for both an officer position and a board member position will be removed from the board member ballot in the event that they win the officer position.
• Absentee voting is allowed by mail in ballot.  It is recommended to mail ballot 10 days prior to election to ensure delivery before the Annual Meeting.  Ballots received after the meeting will not be counted. Further instructions and absentee ballots can be downloaded here as PDF and here as DOCX.