December 3, 2012
NW12-027
To: Northwest Regional Council
Members
From: Northwest Council Officers
Subject: PRE-SUBMITTED NEW
BUSINESS: Questions for Northwest Vice President Elections
Background
Each odd year, each region in SPEEA elects their Regional
Vice Presidents. The Northwest Council shall
select five or six questions and give each candidate for the Executive Board
Vice Presidential position an opportunity to respond to them in writing in a
SPEEA-paid publication, mailed to each member of SPEEA in the region so as to
arrive just before or at the same time as the election ballot.
The candidates
should be allowed at least two weeks to prepare their statements if at all
possible and shall be given an opportunity to proof their statements prior to
publication.
Each
candidate shall have a maximum of 1000 words for the position statement, to be
split among the questions as the candidate wishes. If a candidate chooses not to respond to a
question, that question for that candidate shall show "No response
provided by the candidate," but those words shall not count in the number
of words allowed.
The Tellers
Committee shall establish the schedule for notifying the candidates, candidates
returning their statements, and mailing the statements.
The Northwest Council Officers propose the following questions be
approved:
Motion
It is moved that the following questions be submitted to the applicants for the
Northwest Regional Vice Presidential Candidates and their response be included
in the Voters Guide.
1. What do you see as the primary challenges SPEEA faces and what are your
solutions?
2. What do you see as the primary challenges the NW Region faces and what
are your solutions?
3. What experience and skills would you bring to the Executive Board?
4. How will you represent the NW region as a regional Vice President?
5.
Why are you interested in
the Vice President position?