Hi all,
In addition to candidates for the executive, we are also looking for volunteers to assist on a nominations committee.
The function of this committee would be to help ensure we have diversity in the candidate pool--by encouraging people who might make good candidates but are perhaps too shy to run, for example.
We don't expect that there would be much work involved: during the nomination period, members would consult with the returning officer and encourage potential candidates to run. When the nomination period closes, members of the committee would review the candidates with the returning officer and, if there were not enough or if it was thought that the pool was not diverse enough, solicit additional nominations to fill out the slate. The Nominations committee s chaired by the returning officer. This year is it Mia, who was hired for the purpose. In future years, it would be a member of the executive who was not up for election.
Members of the nominations committee should probably not be planning to stand for election since they might be in a conflict of interest otherwise. An important rule at GO::DH, however, is that we are flexible and accommodating about things like this and assume that people do their best.
If you are interested in serving on the nominating committee, please email Mia at nominations@globaloutlookdh.org--but be sure to indicate that you'd like to serve on the nominating committee rather than be a candidate for election!
-dan