Hi everybody,
Because of the spread out nature of the society the NZLARPS National Committee will be elected via postal and email ballot, to be conducted as follows. Please read the following post very carefully to make sure you understand how the election is being conducted, and what you need to do to have your say!
Nominations
If you want to run for one of the positions on the national committee, or you want to nominate someone, please nominate them/yourself in the thread title “NZLARPS AGM 2012 - National Committee Nominations”. The candidate must accept the nomination, and they must be seconded by a seperate person. The nominator, the seconder and the candidate must all be current members of nzLARPS. All candidates are encouraged to put forward a statement explaining why they’d be great at the position and what they hope to achieve. This should be at least 100 words long but ideally no more than 500 words long. The deadline for all nominations and candidate statements is Wednesday 05th September 5pm.
Voting
If you live out of Wellington
NZLARPS members who live out of Wellington will be mailed their voting ballots and a stamped return envelope on Thursday 06th September. You will need to complete it and post it so it returns to Wellington by Wednesday 19th September. Please make sure to update your current address on the NZLARPS membership database, or to email nzlarps2012agm@gmail.com.
If you live in Wellington
NZLARPS members who live in Wellington will cast their votes for the national committee by filling in the ballot form at the Wellington Regional AGM. For those who cannot make it to the Wellington Regional AGM may specifically email nzlarps2012agm@gmail.com.
Vote Counting
A Returning Officer will be elected at the Wellington Regional AGM on Wednesday 19th September, and all postal ballots will be turned over to him/her unopened, along with all the votes cast in person, and via email. S/he will count the votes after regional elections have been held, and the National Committee will be announced there, and subsequently on Diatribe.
Remember, you need to be a member!
If you are an Wellington nzLARPS member, please do turn up. We need a large percentage of our membership present to qualify quorum, so come along and bring all your nzLARPS friends. If you are not yet a member of nzLARPS but wish to be, please email Rowena at secretary@nzlarps.org and she’ll set you up - it’s currently $20 for one year’s membership for adults, and $15 for students and beneficiaries. We have heaps of awesome events coming up, so the time has never been better to join.
NZLARPS Code of Conduct.
A code of conduct will be put up by the 05th September 2012, time will be available to discuss options before the AGM with a vote held to accept it or not at the AGM. We obviously do not want to take up too much time at the AGM discussing this. So please take the chance to read it and discuss any changes before hand.
Changes to the Constitution
I have heard that people wish to put forward changes to the Constitution. These will also need to be put forward by the 05th September 2012, so that people get a chance to read and discuss and a vote held at the AGM.
Any Questions?
If you have any questions or concerns please let us know and we will do our best to iron it all out.
