Notice of Retired Members Council Nominations and Elections

Nominations and Elections of District/Sector Presidents and Vice President will be held during the months of August, September and October, 2015.

Self-nominations need to be postmarked by August 31, 2015.  Nominations can be mailed to:

Retired Members Council
ATT: Calvin Foster, Election Chair
501 3rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-2797

Nominations may also be faxed to (202) 434-0653 or emailed to cmason@cwa-union.org.

CWA Retired Members’ Council Executive Board Facts and Election Procedures

BOARD FACTS

Officers
The Board consists of one representative (called a president) and one alternate (called a vice president) for each of CWA eight regional districts, the Media Workers Sector, the IUE-CWA Sector and the AFA-CWA Sector for a total of 22 officers.  Officers are elected by the membership in their respective district or sector chapters.

Job Description
Officers of the Board concern themselves with organizing retirees into the Council and organizing local retiree chapters. They also involve themselves with the social, economic, educational, legislative and political concerns of Council members and of CWA.

Terms of Office
Officers serve four year terms. The current term expires December 31, 2015.

Eligibility
Candidates must be Council Lifetime members in the district or sector for the office they are seeking.

Qualifications
Candidates must be willing and able to travel routinely within their district or sector and periodically within the greater United States. They must have good communications, organizing and mobilizing skills. They must be comfortable with or be willing to learn and use email and the Internet. Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel is a plus.

ELECTION PROCEDURES

1. Self-nominating letters are mailed, emailed, or faxed during the month of August to the Council attention Election Chair, at 501 3rd St., NW, Washington, DC. 20001-2797.
2. All nominees are contacted and eligible candidates are given instructions to submit all data for the Candidate Information Sheet that accompanies the ballots. They are also given information regarding campaigning rules and opportunities.
3. Ballot packets are mailed during the first 10 days of October to the Chapters in their respective district or sector. The deadline for ballots to be received is the close of business 35 calendar days after the date of the ballot mailing.
4. Ballot packets consist of the Candidate Information sheet, ballot with voting strength (the number of chapter members in the Councils database of August 1 of the election year), ballot envelope and return envelope.
5. All returned envelopes are checked against the list of Chapters.
6. The ballots are opened and counted under the supervision of the chair of the Council’s Election Committee.
7. The chair of the Election Committee issues the tentative results to Board and all candidates the day of the ballot count.
8. As needed the Election Chair will conduct any runoff elections.
9. Ballot challenges first go to the Election Committee, then to the Council’s Executive Board, then to the CWA Executive Committee.