Hi all, I've been trying to hunt down info on holding chapter officer elections and find nothing in the chapter handbook linked here: https://guildofbookworkers.org/board#chapter Does anyone have any official info, or just wants to share their own chapter process? Many thanks, Lisa. Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/>

Please let me know what you find out. I need the information too. Kim Neiman Lone Star Chapter On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 12:03 PM Midwest Chapter < midwest@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been trying to hunt down info on holding chapter officer elections > and find nothing in the chapter handbook linked here: > https://guildofbookworkers.org/board#chapter > > Does anyone have any official info, or just wants to share their own > chapter process? > > Many thanks, > Lisa. > > Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> > Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org > -- Kim Neiman Chairman Lone Star Chapter Guild of Book Workers

The official election info is contained in the bylaws. Here are the relevant sections: > *ARTICLE II – DIRECTORS * > *Section 3 – Election of Directors *Directors who are officers or > chairmen of Standing Committees shall be elected in the annual election by > a plurality of votes cast in a ballot received by postal mail, email, or > fax. Each member of the Corporation in good standing shall be entitled to > one vote on each position open for election. *Directors who are chairmen > of Regional Chapters shall be elected in a similar manner by members of > such Regions.* The President, along with half of the chairmen of the > Standing Committees and half the Regional Chapters shall be elected in > even-numbered years. The remaining officers, along with the remaining half > of the chairmen of the Standing Committees and the Regional Chapters, shall > be elected in odd-numbered years. > > > *ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN* > * Section 2 – Election *Active members in good standing shall be entitled > to vote in the annual election by a ballot received by postal mail, email, > or fax for officers and chairmen of the Standing Committees of the > Corporation who shall hold their offices for two-year terms and shall > exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from > time to time by the Board of Directors. All officers and chairmen of > Standing Committees of the Corporation shall hold office until their > successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or > removal. > Any officer or chairman of a Standing Committee may be removed with cause > at any time by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the entire Board of > Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office or chairman position of a > Standing Committee of the Corporation shall be temporarily filled for the > remaining term by the Board of Directors. The language is not overly specific, so you can run the elections as you like. The chapter chairs need to be elected, but the other offices within your chapter aren't explicitly defined. You can nominate and elect or just appoint volunteers to those positions. For the national elections, we've switched entirely to electronic ballots. So the secretary sends notice to all members to expect a ballot link on a particular date. The ballot contains a short bio of each candidate and allows folks to write in a name if they want. You could use Google Forms through your Chapter account to create an anonymous ballot and then email it out to all your current members. It will dump all the data into a spreadsheet, so you can easily tally up the votes and report back to the membership. I think we give folks about 2 weeks to vote. Hope that helps! HH On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 3:03 PM Kim Neiman <neimankim@gmail.com> wrote: > Please let me know what you find out. I need the information too. > > Kim Neiman > Lone Star Chapter > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 12:03 PM Midwest Chapter < > midwest@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've been trying to hunt down info on holding chapter officer elections >> and find nothing in the chapter handbook linked here: >> https://guildofbookworkers.org/board#chapter >> >> Does anyone have any official info, or just wants to share their own >> chapter process? >> >> Many thanks, >> Lisa. >> >> Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> >> Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> >> _______________________________________________ >> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> > -- > Kim Neiman > Chairman > Lone Star Chapter > Guild of Book Workers > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org > -- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// *Henry Hebert *(he/him) Vice President, Guild of Book Workers 919.360.3425 | vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org

This is indeed helpful, thank you! I was especially curious to know if elections should be held at certain times of the year, for example to align with the fiscal year. Looks like we can determine that on a chapter by chapter basis. Thanks again, Lisa. On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 14:38 Henry Hébert < vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > The official election info is contained in the bylaws. Here are the > relevant sections: > > >> *ARTICLE II – DIRECTORS * >> *Section 3 – Election of Directors *Directors who are officers or >> chairmen of Standing Committees shall be elected in the annual election by >> a plurality of votes cast in a ballot received by postal mail, email, or >> fax. Each member of the Corporation in good standing shall be entitled to >> one vote on each position open for election. *Directors who are chairmen >> of Regional Chapters shall be elected in a similar manner by members of >> such Regions.* The President, along with half of the chairmen of the >> Standing Committees and half the Regional Chapters shall be elected in >> even-numbered years. The remaining officers, along with the remaining half >> of the chairmen of the Standing Committees and the Regional Chapters, shall >> be elected in odd-numbered years. >> > > >> >> *ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN* >> * Section 2 – Election *Active members in good standing shall be >> entitled to vote in the annual election by a ballot received by postal >> mail, email, or fax for officers and chairmen of the Standing Committees of >> the Corporation who shall hold their offices for two-year terms and shall >> exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from >> time to time by the Board of Directors. All officers and chairmen of >> Standing Committees of the Corporation shall hold office until their >> successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or >> removal. >> Any officer or chairman of a Standing Committee may be removed with cause >> at any time by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the entire Board of >> Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office or chairman position of a >> Standing Committee of the Corporation shall be temporarily filled for the >> remaining term by the Board of Directors. > > > The language is not overly specific, so you can run the elections as you > like. The chapter chairs need to be elected, but the other offices within > your chapter aren't explicitly defined. You can nominate and elect or just > appoint volunteers to those positions. For the national elections, we've > switched entirely to electronic ballots. So the secretary sends notice to > all members to expect a ballot link on a particular date. The ballot > contains a short bio of each candidate and allows folks to write in a name > if they want. You could use Google Forms through your Chapter account to > create an anonymous ballot and then email it out to all your current > members. It will dump all the data into a spreadsheet, so you can easily > tally up the votes and report back to the membership. I think we give folks > about 2 weeks to vote. > > Hope that helps! > HH > > > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 3:03 PM Kim Neiman <neimankim@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Please let me know what you find out. I need the information too. >> >> Kim Neiman >> Lone Star Chapter >> >> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 12:03 PM Midwest Chapter < >> midwest@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've been trying to hunt down info on holding chapter officer elections >>> and find nothing in the chapter handbook linked here: >>> https://guildofbookworkers.org/board#chapter >>> >>> Does anyone have any official info, or just wants to share their own >>> chapter process? >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> Lisa. >>> >>> Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> >>> Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> >> -- >> Kim Neiman >> Chairman >> Lone Star Chapter >> Guild of Book Workers >> _______________________________________________ >> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> > > > -- > > /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > *Henry Hebert *(he/him) > > Vice President, Guild of Book Workers > > 919.360.3425 | vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >

let me ask a dumb question ... whats the difference between a director and a regional chairman? *Directors who are chairmen of Regional Chapters shall be elected in a similar manner by members of such Regions.* On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 8:33 AM Lisa Muccigrosso <lisa.mucci@gmail.com> wrote: > This is indeed helpful, thank you! > > I was especially curious to know if elections should be held at certain > times of the year, for example to align with the fiscal year. Looks like we > can determine that on a chapter by chapter basis. > > Thanks again, > Lisa. > > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 14:38 Henry Hébert < > vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > >> The official election info is contained in the bylaws. Here are the >> relevant sections: >> >> >>> *ARTICLE II – DIRECTORS * >>> *Section 3 – Election of Directors *Directors who are officers or >>> chairmen of Standing Committees shall be elected in the annual election by >>> a plurality of votes cast in a ballot received by postal mail, email, or >>> fax. Each member of the Corporation in good standing shall be entitled to >>> one vote on each position open for election. *Directors who are >>> chairmen of Regional Chapters shall be elected in a similar manner by >>> members of such Regions.* The President, along with half of the >>> chairmen of the Standing Committees and half the Regional Chapters shall be >>> elected in even-numbered years. The remaining officers, along with the >>> remaining half of the chairmen of the Standing Committees and the Regional >>> Chapters, shall be elected in odd-numbered years. >>> >> >> >>> >>> *ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN* >>> * Section 2 – Election *Active members in good standing shall be >>> entitled to vote in the annual election by a ballot received by postal >>> mail, email, or fax for officers and chairmen of the Standing Committees of >>> the Corporation who shall hold their offices for two-year terms and shall >>> exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from >>> time to time by the Board of Directors. All officers and chairmen of >>> Standing Committees of the Corporation shall hold office until their >>> successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or >>> removal. >>> Any officer or chairman of a Standing Committee may be removed with >>> cause at any time by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the entire Board of >>> Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office or chairman position of a >>> Standing Committee of the Corporation shall be temporarily filled for the >>> remaining term by the Board of Directors. >> >> >> The language is not overly specific, so you can run the elections as you >> like. The chapter chairs need to be elected, but the other offices within >> your chapter aren't explicitly defined. You can nominate and elect or just >> appoint volunteers to those positions. For the national elections, we've >> switched entirely to electronic ballots. So the secretary sends notice to >> all members to expect a ballot link on a particular date. The ballot >> contains a short bio of each candidate and allows folks to write in a name >> if they want. You could use Google Forms through your Chapter account to >> create an anonymous ballot and then email it out to all your current >> members. It will dump all the data into a spreadsheet, so you can easily >> tally up the votes and report back to the membership. I think we give folks >> about 2 weeks to vote. >> >> Hope that helps! >> HH >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 3:03 PM Kim Neiman <neimankim@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Please let me know what you find out. I need the information too. >>> >>> Kim Neiman >>> Lone Star Chapter >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 12:03 PM Midwest Chapter < >>> midwest@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I've been trying to hunt down info on holding chapter officer elections >>>> and find nothing in the chapter handbook linked here: >>>> https://guildofbookworkers.org/board#chapter >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any official info, or just wants to share their own >>>> chapter process? >>>> >>>> Many thanks, >>>> Lisa. >>>> >>>> Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> >>>> Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>>> >>> -- >>> Kim Neiman >>> Chairman >>> Lone Star Chapter >>> Guild of Book Workers >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >> >> >> >> *Henry Hebert *(he/him) >> >> Vice President, Guild of Book Workers >> >> 919.360.3425 | vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org >> _______________________________________________ >> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org > -- Kim Neiman Chairman Lone Star Chapter Guild of Book Workers

That's right - all the positions turn over at Standards, so your elections just need to happen sometime before that. We typically hold the national ones in July, but go with whatever works best for your chapter calendar. @Kim: The term "Director" refers to all the officers named on the Board of Directors for the corporation. Basically everyone who comes to the bi-monthly meetings. From the bylaws: *ARTICLE II – DIRECTORS * > *Section 2 – Number of Directors * The Board of Directors shall consist of each officer of the Corporation, > the chairman of each Standing Committee, and the chairman of each Regional > Chapter, ex officio, or a representative for the chairman if the chairman > is unable to attend. The exact number of directors shall be fixed from time > to time by the Board of Directors. At no time shall there be less than > three directors. On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 5:40 PM Kim Neiman <neimankim@gmail.com> wrote: > let me ask a dumb question ... whats the difference between a director and > a regional chairman? > > *Directors who are chairmen of Regional Chapters shall be elected in a > similar manner by members of such Regions.* > > On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 8:33 AM Lisa Muccigrosso <lisa.mucci@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> This is indeed helpful, thank you! >> >> I was especially curious to know if elections should be held at certain >> times of the year, for example to align with the fiscal year. Looks like we >> can determine that on a chapter by chapter basis. >> >> Thanks again, >> Lisa. >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 14:38 Henry Hébert < >> vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: >> >>> The official election info is contained in the bylaws. Here are the >>> relevant sections: >>> >>> >>>> *ARTICLE II – DIRECTORS * >>>> *Section 3 – Election of Directors *Directors who are officers or >>>> chairmen of Standing Committees shall be elected in the annual election by >>>> a plurality of votes cast in a ballot received by postal mail, email, or >>>> fax. Each member of the Corporation in good standing shall be entitled to >>>> one vote on each position open for election. *Directors who are >>>> chairmen of Regional Chapters shall be elected in a similar manner by >>>> members of such Regions.* The President, along with half of the >>>> chairmen of the Standing Committees and half the Regional Chapters shall be >>>> elected in even-numbered years. The remaining officers, along with the >>>> remaining half of the chairmen of the Standing Committees and the Regional >>>> Chapters, shall be elected in odd-numbered years. >>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> *ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN* >>>> * Section 2 – Election *Active members in good standing shall be >>>> entitled to vote in the annual election by a ballot received by postal >>>> mail, email, or fax for officers and chairmen of the Standing Committees of >>>> the Corporation who shall hold their offices for two-year terms and shall >>>> exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from >>>> time to time by the Board of Directors. All officers and chairmen of >>>> Standing Committees of the Corporation shall hold office until their >>>> successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or >>>> removal. >>>> Any officer or chairman of a Standing Committee may be removed with >>>> cause at any time by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the entire Board of >>>> Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office or chairman position of a >>>> Standing Committee of the Corporation shall be temporarily filled for the >>>> remaining term by the Board of Directors. >>> >>> >>> The language is not overly specific, so you can run the elections as you >>> like. The chapter chairs need to be elected, but the other offices within >>> your chapter aren't explicitly defined. You can nominate and elect or just >>> appoint volunteers to those positions. For the national elections, we've >>> switched entirely to electronic ballots. So the secretary sends notice to >>> all members to expect a ballot link on a particular date. The ballot >>> contains a short bio of each candidate and allows folks to write in a name >>> if they want. You could use Google Forms through your Chapter account to >>> create an anonymous ballot and then email it out to all your current >>> members. It will dump all the data into a spreadsheet, so you can easily >>> tally up the votes and report back to the membership. I think we give folks >>> about 2 weeks to vote. >>> >>> Hope that helps! >>> HH >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 3:03 PM Kim Neiman <neimankim@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Please let me know what you find out. I need the information too. >>>> >>>> Kim Neiman >>>> Lone Star Chapter >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 12:03 PM Midwest Chapter < >>>> midwest@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I've been trying to hunt down info on holding chapter officer >>>>> elections and find nothing in the chapter handbook linked here: >>>>> https://guildofbookworkers.org/board#chapter >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have any official info, or just wants to share their own >>>>> chapter process? >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks, >>>>> Lisa. >>>>> >>>>> Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> >>>>> Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>>> gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kim Neiman >>>> Chairman >>>> Lone Star Chapter >>>> Guild of Book Workers >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >>> >>> >>> >>> *Henry Hebert *(he/him) >>> >>> Vice President, Guild of Book Workers >>> >>> 919.360.3425 | vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org >> > -- > Kim Neiman > Chairman > Lone Star Chapter > Guild of Book Workers > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org > -- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// *Henry Hebert *(he/him) Vice President, Guild of Book Workers 919.360.3425 | vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org