PROTOCOL FOR ELECTION OF OFFICERS

(Adopted September 27, 2006)

1. CVs of candidates declared 30 days prior to the meeting of the House of Delegates will be included in the House of Delegates Handbook.  Current ASA RC bylaws do not allow for floor nominations of candidates if at least one person is running for that office.  A resolution has been submitted to change the bylaws to allow such nominations, however, to RC HOD 2006.  Please contact one of the RC Governing Council Members with questions about running for office. 

2. The order of elections will be President-Elect, Secretary, Alternate Delegate to the AMA and Co-Editor.  For each election, we will hear a speech up to 4 minutes long from each candidate for that position, then vote, and go on to the next position.

3. Voting will take place according to the Approval Voting method as per our bylaws.  This process allows delegates to vote for more than one candidate in any given election.  Please see more details in the “Proceedings” section of the HOD Delegate handbook.  Ballots will be collected at the end of each vote.  The candidate receiving the most votes shall be elected.

4. Announcement of the new members of the Resident Component Governing Council will be made by the incoming President Elect at the end of the meeting.