APEGA
Council Nominating Period Enters Final Weeks
Are you ready to take a major step in your life as an APEGA Professional Member? Are you willing to help shape the future of your professions and the self- regulation system that allows you to practise? If so, there’s still time to seek a seat on APEGA Council and join our governance team. Nominations are open for the 2018 APEGA Council election until Friday, September 29, at 4:30 p.m. You must submit your nomination electronically, at apega.ca, through the Member Self-Service Centre. Thorough preparation gives potential candidates the best chance of being endorsed by the Nominating Committee and elected by their peers. You’ll need to prepare a variety of materials (some mandatory and some not) and gather endorsements from 25 other Professional Members. Full information is available in the Member Self-Service Centre and in the summer 2017 edition of The PEG . The APEGA Nominating Committee recommends candidates that represent a strong combination of attributes for Council. Through its own networks, the committee searches for potential candidates. But it also draws upon self-nominated candidates for its recommendations. Before the election, the committee arrives at its list of candidates — Members who are willing, suitable, and available for Council governance and succession. The names of all qualified and properly nominated candidates will appear on the 2018 ballot, regardless of whether they receive the Nominating Committee’s
endorsement. APEGA runs background checks on all potential nominees. Also, members of the Nominating Committee will interview each nominee to review the information provided. Interview results become part of the committee’s process in deciding who to endorse. Every year, at least four Professional Members are elected to Council. Members also choose a President- Elect and a Vice-President each year. They join the President (elected the year before as President-Elect) and the immediate Past-President to lead a Council of 12 Professional Members and three public members. The Government of Alberta appoints public members, whose job it is to represent the public interest. We encourage you to submit your nomination and run for election to help shape the future of APEGA. Online voting takes place February 16 to March 18, 2018 , and successful candidates will be announced at the AGM on April 20, 2018 , in Edmonton.
MORE INFORMATION Summer 2017 PEG Website Running for Council Page
QUESTIONS? elections@apega.ca
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