[GSA Council] ***Urgent: We can neither select the cro or work on elections

[HARISH BABU MULLAPUDI]

Hi Rouzbeh 

I would like be in both the committees.

Thank you 
Harish Babu Mullapudi 

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> On Mar 15, 2019, at 15:30, meeting facilitator <meetingfacilitator.gsa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> It is really vital to set up the committee to work on the next elections. And without these committees we can neither select the cro or work on elections.
> 
> The GSA Election period is very close. As we are running short in time, I am going to send a motion by e-mail to the council and executives to form the Elections committee and Elections Judicial committee.
> 
> But before that, we need 4 directors in each committee. If you are interested in any of the committees or both, please reply back to this email as soon as possible.
> 
> It is important to have 4 directors in each committee available throughout March and April (can be repeated). 
> 
> Note: The committees must consist of council members and executives who will not be running for elections or the C.R.O. position.
> 
> 
> According to the Election and referendum policy and regulations,
> 
>   1. Election Officials – Chief Returning Officer (C.R.O.) Hiring Procedure 
> a. An elections committee shall be struck consisting of council members and executives who will not be running for elections or the C.R.O. position. The mandate of the committee will be to send a call out for applications, review and provide C.R.O. recommendations to council. 
> 
>  3. Elections Judicial Committee
> a. An Elections Judicial Committee pool shall be appointed by Council prior to the hiring of the C.R.O.
> b. The Elections Judicial Committee shall be the highest and final adjudicating authority for all issues concerning the elections.
> c. This Committee pool shall be composed of:
> i. Members of the Executive Committee who are not candidates in the election.
> ii. A maximum of four (4) Council members who are not candidates in the election.
> iii. At no point in time shall this Committee have less than five (5) or more than nine (9) members.
> iv. Quorum for a meeting shall be five (5) members.
> v. In the event all members of the Council and/or the Executive are running for re-election, the 
> Council shall advertise among the membership to fill this committee.
> 
> The C.R.O has to request the dean of students to hold elections at least 2 weeks ahead of the elections. The nomination period is 5 days followed by 1 week of campaign period. In order to hold the elections before Final exam period (16th April), the Elections committee and the Judicial committee should be struck during this week. We will send a call out for C.R.O after striking the committees. 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Rouzbeh Ghouchani
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