Election Process
All GAGB members prior to 1st October 2014 are eligible, and encouraged, to participate (stand, nominate or vote).
There shall be two elections, first for the position of Chairman and then for the eight Committee Member posts.
Nominations may be made in the relevant thread (a new thread will be opened) in this GAGB forum during the advertised nomination period. Each nomination must be seconded and accepted by the nominee within that same period in order to be valid. Nominee manifestos will then be posted in the GAGB forums and on the ballot so you may read about why each candidate is standing for election and the skills they would bring to the Committee if elected.
The dates are listed in the opening post above this.
Where nominations exceed vacancies, election shall be by ballot and will be run by Michael Malvick (Ladybug Kids), who is returning as our Independent Returning Officer for the 5th year.
Mike is currently serving as Secretary of GeocacheAlaska!, the non-profit geocaching organization for the state of Alaska that fosters geocacher education and land manager advocacy. He is also a Volunteer Reviewer for Groundspeak, reviewing caches for Alaska and Hawaii as Greatland Reviewer and EarthCaches for Alaska, Hawaii and elsewhere as needed as GeoawareUSA4. He has also in the past reviewed EarthCaches in the UK.
SurveyMonkey.com will again generate the ballot. This streamlines ballot counting and adds a layer of confidentiality between the Returning Officer and those who vote. You will be sent an e-mail with a unique link to the ballot, so please make sure your e-mail address on the GAGB forum (UserCP) is current.
Ladybug Kids will make an announcement in this forum after the e-mails have gone out so you can check your spam filter, etc., in case you don't receive the link to the ballot.
He may also send reminder and announcement emails which may be sent from his personal email, so please look out for the following email addresses.
"ladybugs at geocachealaska.org via surveymonkey.com" <member at surveymonkey.com>
“Ladybugs at geocachealaska.org”
("at" replaces "@" in the above addresses to keep the text from appearing as links)
Please visit this forum to keep up to date with all the election news and also monitor the GAGB Facebook page and Twitter for updates and announcements.
GAGB member since 2005
GAGB Committee member 2010 to 2016 (Chair 2012 to 2015)
UK Mega Event Chairman 2009 (Weston-super-Mare)