ASIG Board Election Guidelines

Each officer position is offered for one full academic year at V.C.O.M., and is open to all medical students. Elections will be held electronically over e-mail shortly after the ASIG* introductory meeting (generally, the first ASIG meeting of each academic year). Anyone interested in running for office, or nominating someone else for office will be given the opportunity to indicate their interest and/or nominees during the ASIG introductory meeting. Each student who runs for office should write a letter of intent, which will outline the reason(s) why the student is interested in running for a particular officer position, what his/her qualifications are that would be an asset for their success in their desired officer position in the ASIG, and what sort of programs/initiatives/changes he/she plans to achieve while in office. This letter will be sent to the ASIG Vice-President, and redistributed electronically over e-mail to all ASIG members to read. In turn, each member of the ASIG shall indicate via e-mail back to the ASIG Vice-President which candidate they would like to vote for. Once all votes have been received, the ASIG Vice-President will tally the votes and announce over e-mail the winners (after approval of the entire ASIG Board of Officers). In the unusual event that two or more students who are running for office receive the same number(s) of votes, it will be up to the previous year’s officers to deliberate and select a student to fill the vacant position. If a student candidate should wish to appeal the previous officer’s group decision in the event of a tied election, a written petition outlining the reasons for reevaluation should be prepared by the candidate and submitted to the ASIG advisor(s). It shall be the ASIG advisor(s) who will ultimately decide the outcome of such petitions.

* ASIG = Anesthesiology Special-Interest Group

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