nzLARPS AGM 2010 – National Committee Nominations

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#1

Nominations for nzLARPS committee positions for 2010-2011 are now being taken in this thread.

What are the requirements?
To be on the nzLARPS National Committee, you must be a member of nzLARPS and have reasonable computer access as most of the national committee’s work is done via Diatribe.

Before you run, please consider the time commitment involved in being on the committee. It is important that you are aware that at the very least, you will be expected to participate in online discussions, and generally be available to support the society. For the success of the society and larp, the more time and effort you are able to contribute, the better.

How do I nominate someone?
To nominate someone, post below with their name and which position you’re nominating them for. They will need to accept the nomination, and someone needs to second them. You may nominate yourself. You all need to be members of nzLARPS.

If you are running for a position, you will need to prepare a short statement roughly between 100 words and 500 words in length, explaining what you intend to do with the role and why you’d be awesome at it. Nominations close Wednesday 13th October at 5pm.

The Roles
President
The President of the society shall be responsible for overall running of society, promoting the vision of the society, chair committee meetings, work for consensus in the committee, cast deciding vote in case of ties, attend meetings as society representative, liaising with all regional directors to coordinate the workings of the Society across New Zealand, managing matters related to the core function of the society, the first point of contact for those wishing to contact the society

Secretary
Responsible for keeping all society correspondence and documentation organized, taking minutes at the meetings and keeping membership records up to date. The secretary is also responsible for communicating with members about their membership status and expiry.

Treasurer
Responsible for society finances. Keep general ledger to track society expenditure and income. Pay all society accounts. Bank money received. Advise on availability of funds for projects and committee initiatives. Distribute budgets to project owners and receive repayments. Pass accounts to society accountant to be registered with the government. Present financial report of current position at committee meetings.

Marketing Officer
Identify online and offline communities. Devise strategies by which to promote larp games and events to these communities, with a view to recruiting new players into larping and potentially into joining nzLARPS. Coordinate marketing campaigns.

Information Technology Officer
Coordinate the creation and maintenance of information technology resources for the society such as the society’s website, online forum, communications technology for meetings, and the enablement of projects via information technology.

#2

I nominate Ryan Paddy for Information Officer.

I nominate Michael Andrew for Marketing Officer.

#3

I second the nomination of Ryan Paddy as Information Officer.

#4

I nominate Anna Klein for President.

#5

I second this nomination.

#6

I take it you mean information technology, as we already have the ministry of truth covered by the marketing role.

I accept, on the understanding that national committee business will largely take place online. I don’t have much availability for face-to-face meetings.

#7

Seconded

#8

I take it you mean information technology, as we already have the ministry of truth covered by the marketing role.[/quote]

That’s the one :slight_smile:

#9

I accept your nomination!

#10

I accept :slight_smile:

#11

I nominate Liz McCombe for treasurer if she wants the job.

And in the absence of any nominations, I nominate myself for Secretary…

#12

I nominate Rowena Knill for National Secretary

#13

I second Liz McCombe for treasurer
I second Rowena Knill for National Secretary

#14

I accept the nomination for National Secretary

#15

The cutoff for nominations was going to be Oct 13 - have we extended this to a specific new date? Just interested in how this impacts distance voting.

#16

Was beginning to wonder the same thing myself…

#17

The cutoff was going to be 13th, so we could get the ballots posted out in a timely manner. However by the 13th we did not have seconded nominations and acceptances for a couple of the positions. Given that we must have people elected into the positions, sending out ballots without all the positions didn’t seem worthwhile.

I know that the bureaucracy of the society is not that interesting to some of our members, but it is important that we do have elected officers into all of the positions.

This is the first time that we have had to arrange National elections with members all over the country. The logistics of this is not an easy mattter, especially with the requirement that elections be a secret ballot. If anyone has any bright ideas how to smoothline this process, we are all ears.

#18

No criticism intended, I’m just wondering what the new cutoff for nominations is, and how this affects the other dates.

#19

Are there any vacant positions that still need nominations or seconding?

#20

Nominations in green are completed:

President
[color=#00BF00]Anna K - nominated, seconded and accepted[/color].

Secretary
[color=#00BF00]Rowena Knill - nominated, seconded and accepted[/color].
[color=#00BF00]Joseph Outram - nominated, seconded and accepted[/color].

Treasurer
[color=#00BF00]Liz McCombe - nominated, seconded, and accepted[/color].

Marketing Officer
[color=#00BF00]Michael Andrew - nominated, seconded, and accepted[/color].

Information Technology Officer
[color=#00BF00]Ryan Paddy - nominated, seconded and accepted[/color].

(Updated 16 Oct 2010)