2012 Global Trustee Ballots Due May 30 -- latest info as of April 29
Five nominations have come in from North America for three spots on the Global Council: Leila Al-Imad, Michael Pappas, Anne Roth, Rebecca Tobias, and Osama Wazan. Each candidate name links to a write-up on the URI in N.Am. blog. A link to an excellent short video for each candidates is also available from the blog write-up. The election has begun with election packets having been sent to the contacts for the thirty-one North America CCs that have been certified. Biographies of the candidates along with full election details are available on the URI website. The Trustee Selection Overview is also useful. If you have misplaced your ballot pdf or have questions, write to Michelle Clark at the URI global hub office.
The bylaws governing the Global Trustee elections were changed at the end of 2011 by vote of certified Cooperation Circles in four ways:
- Extend the standard trustee term from three to four years and reduce the maximum number of consecutive terms from three to two.
- Create staggered terms so that one half of the elected GC trustees (four regions) is elected every two years
- Eliminate right of outgoing GC to appoint three trustees to new GC.
- Replace cumulative voting with a one-vote-per-candidate voting.
