Election Changes  

 

Executive Committee Elections will be moved from the summer quarter to the spring quarter to run concomitantly with the fiscal year.  To comply with this change the incoming Executive Council elections will be held earlier than usual.  This change will give each EC full accountability and control for its own budget.  In the past, the SC budget overlapped two EC which made planning and distribution difficult for two reasons.  The outgoing council created a budget that was almost always adapted by the incoming EC.  Secondly, the outgoing EC had full access to the incoming SC budget and made for difficult bookkeeping.  The transition to spring elections will take two terms.  To begin the transition, the elections process will be moved up.  As a result of this change, the incoming EC will serve 3 ½ terms instead of 4 complete terms and be paid accordingly.  Next year the elections process will be held in spring 2009 as noted in the By Laws such that a new EC will commence their duties summer 2009.   The deadlines for this year’s elections are outlined below:

• The week of May 27-30th.  1st meeting with interested and eligible candidates as noted below.
• Students in quarter 4-9.  9th Quarter students must be present and able to perform their duties the entirety of their 13th and final quarter.
• Minimum GPA 3.0
• Current and active full time student in good standing
• Any member of the student body can run for Executive Council
• Candidates for SC President not currently a member of SC must voluntarily adhere to the responsibilities of a class representative beginning April 23rd thru the remainder of the quarter.  (given the unexpected change in the elections process we will be flexible with mandatory attendance)
• Rep responsibilities
• Weekly attendance at SC meetings
• Attendance at Quarterly mandatory events as assigned.
• Vendor Fair
• Spring Olympics
• June 11, 4:00pm.  Deadline for Nomination of candidates to Student Services.
• 2nd mandatory meeting of nomination candidates.  Between June 11 and July 10 as determined by the Chair of the Elections Committee (Josh Olcott, 1st VP of SC)
• July 14th-25th.  Campaign period.
• ELECTIONS.  Week of July 28 (week 3 instead of week 7-9)
• New EC will work alongside the current EC beginning week 5 and for the remainder of the quarter.  They will be paid pro-rata for their service from Palmer’s general treasury funds and not Federal Work Study.  The SC budget will not be affected nor will it have an impact on the availability of work study funds for other work study paid positions. 
• This period will be considered a training period. 

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