Training Sessions

Running for a Leadership Position

1. Find out what offices you want to run for.
2. Check Job Description so you understand what the role is.
3. Participants must qualify to run for an office, to be nominated.
4. You must sign nomination forms for the office that will be available at Training Session check in.  Nomination forms will be available until after committee sessions at each Training Session. Candidates for offices must be present at the Training Session to be nominated.
5. After Committee Sessions elections will be held in the order the positions are listed.
6. Each candidate will have a chance to speak about their qualifications for that office. Please be prepared to speak about your qualifications and why you feel you are the correct candidate for this office. 
7. This is not a question and answer time for candidates.
8. If there are no candidates or not enough to fill the office, then nominations will be taken from the floor,
   and those attending from outside of their area will be able to be nominated to hold that office.
9. Delegations will cast their ballots for that office. Voting is by delegation not individual, the number of votes is determined by the size of the delegation in attendance at the Training Session.

How do we vote?

Voting for all the officers will be by delegation, not a popular vote. In an effort to make voting at training sessions more equitable, a form of elections will be used. Voting will be done using the following formula; there will be only one set of votes per school, regardless of the number of registered clubs from that school.

A school with 1-3 participants at the training session .............................................. 1vote

A school with 4-7 participants at the training session .............................................. 2 votes

A school with 8-15 participants at the training session ............................................ 3 votes

A school with 16-25 or more at the training session ................................................. 4 votes

A school with 26 or more at the training sessio ......................................................... 5 votes

If Youth Governor is in attendance may interview and select Commissioners by interviewing candidates and then elections will not be held for those positions.

Some offices the nominee must have 1 year of Experience to Run attending Youth in Government to run. Participant must have attended the Augusta Session to have a year of experience.

Those Offices are:

Delegation of 10 or more will receive 1 Senator. The person who will be selected by delegations must be in attendance at the Training Session, and be designated at the time of elections. This will reduce the number of Senators that will be elected from that district. The number listed is a maximum number of Senators.