PROGRESS AND RENEWAL
You’re Sure You Want to Run — Now What?
You’re a Professional Member in good standing. You’ve read the other two nomination stories in this section of The PEG and looked at the timelines. You’ve gone online to find out even more about the duties of a Councillor. You’re certain that you’ve got the time, dedication, and personal attributes to be an effective participant in the governance of your professions. To top it off, you’ve got a skillset you know will be strategi- cally useful to APEGA Council. You easily qualify as a candidate. And you also have a good chance of being endorsed by the Nominating Committee. So, what now? On July 8, you can start the actual process of uploading your nomination materials to the Member Self-Service Centre of apega.ca. Don’t expect to finish the job in a few minutes and click submit — this is a step-by-step process with a save draft func- tion, and it requires thought and preparation. You’ll need to: • read the materials on the site • fulfill the mandatory requirements • consider the non-mandatory requirements and fulfill those you decide are important • work offline to get everything ready You can start right away, before the site goes live.
• Find or have taken a print-quality, headshot photograph of yourself. • Write a 750-word personal statement. Make sure it includes the information you think is important that voters know about you. • To help the Nominating Committee in its review, write an explanation of why you want to run for Council. You can type or copy-and-paste this in, once the nomination site is open. • Also for the Nominating Committee’s review, you will be asked to rate 20-plus skills and attributes from 1 to 7 (1 being lowest, 7 being highest).
NON-MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
• Polish up your curriculum vitae for submission. Note: Your CV will be available online for voters to read, but it will not be published in The PEG. • Gather any other supporting documents you would like to submit. Note: This information will be available online for voters to read, but it will not be published in The PEG. • Have a video shot of you promoting yourself as a candidate. We recommend keeping it short and to-the-point — up to two minutes long. Note: We will post the video online. Before your materials are accepted for publication and advancement to the Nominating Committee, APEGA will review them for professionalism and appropriateness. And now — get busy!
MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
• Reach out to 25 Professional Members in good standing to support your nomination. Let them know that they’ll be contacted electronically to confirm their support.
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