The National Society for Non-Traditional Pre-Medical & Medical Students, Inc.
Election Timetable for the Year 2002
Sunday 31 March2002: Nominations Open
1) To nominate yourself for a position:
a) Letter of intent w/ name, address, phone, e-mail and position desired
b) Paper mail to: OldPreMeds, Inc.; PMB #363; 5065 State Street; Saginaw, MI 48603
c) Electronic mail to: DWKelley9@chartermi.net with the info requested in #1a
2) To nominate another OPM member for a position:
a) Letter of nomination w/ nominators name, address, e-mail and phone number along w/ the name of the person
being nominated and the position they are being nominated for, and their e-mail if available
b) Paper mail to: OldPreMeds, Inc.; PMB #363; 5065 State Street; Saginaw, MI 48603
c) Electronic mail to: DWKelley9@chartermi.net with the info requested in #2a
Saturday 13 April 2002: Nominations Close
No more electronic nominations will be accepted after midnight 13 April 2002 & all paper-mail nominations must be postmarked on or before 13 April 2002.
Sunday 14 ~ Saturday 20 April 2002
Opportunity for candidates to formulate their campaign strategy & compose their position statements. NO CAMPAIGNING IS ALLOWED DURING THIS WEEK. Also, all candidates nominated by other members should accept/decline their nomination ASAP, preferably before campaigning starts.
Sunday 21 April 2002 ~ Saturday 18 May 2002: Campaigning Period
All candidates may post their position statements onto the web site, via the list-serve and into the ‘files’ section of Yahoo Groups. Candidates may also periodically post blurbs and campaign updates to the list-serve & web site. When authoring you statements & advertisements, please bear in mind that we are a professional organization and all participants are expected to behave maturely and professionally (NO FLAME WARS OR TACKY, ATTACKING STATEMENTS AGAINST YOUR OPPONENTS – this sort of behavior may yield a termination of your candidacy).
Sunday 28 April 2002 ~ Saturday 18 May 2002: Voting Period
There will be two acceptable manner in which all members of OPM may vote for their 2002~2003 officers & Executive Council:
1) Electronic voting through Yahoo Groups – there will be a poll set up for each position with all of the candidates names – ALL ELECTRONIC BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED AT OR BEFORE MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 18 MAY 2002 TO BE ACCEPTED
2) Paper ballot – there will be a downloadable paper ballot (or you may simply type out your choices for each position) and mail it to: OldPreMeds, Inc.; PMB #363; 5065 State Street; Saginaw, MI 48603 – ALL PAPER BALLOTS MUST BE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE SATURDAY 18 MAY 2002 TO BE ACCEPTED
Sunday 19 May 2002 ~ Sunday 26 May 2002: Vote Counting & Election Verification
Time for the Election Referee to tally votes and ensure that there was a fair & honest election
Monday 27 May 2002 ~ Wednesday 29 May 2002:
Election results will be announced via the list-serve, web site and a copy placed into the ‘files’ section of the Yahoo Groups site.
Addresses:
OldPreMeds’ web site: www.studentdoctor.net/opm
OldPreMeds’ Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/oldpremeds
OldManDave
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