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Youth Governor Canidate

Requirements: 

  • Be in attendance at your regional Training Session

  • Have 1 year experience having attended the Youth in Government Augusta session,  or be Junior or Senior.

Description of Role

  • The Youth Governor is the Chief Executive of the Program.

  • He/She is the only officer elected 1 full year in advance, and serves as the student spokesperson for the program for their year as Governor.

  • There will be 3 candidates selected to be the Youth Governor.

  • 1 Candidate will be selected at each Training Session.

  • These 3 will run to be elected the following years Youth Governor during the weekend conference in Augusta.

  • The Youth Governor is occasionally asked to speak as a representative of the YMCA Youth in Government Program in Maine.

 

Responsibilities

  • Develop a strategy for the campaign at the State House session

  • Follow the policies developed for running to become the Youth Governor

  • Meet with the Program Director on Friday night at 7:00pm

  • No campaigning until Saturday Morning 8:00am

  • No campaign materials are allowed to be distributed on the floor of the House or Senate

  • Campaign materials that are to be put up in the State House may only be taped to glass surfaces, and no tacks are to be used anywhere

  • Campaign materials are to be put up only in the on the 1st and 3rd floors of the State House

  • Candidates are responsible for taking down and cleaning up all posters, and other materials on Sunday before they leave the State House

  • Meet with Newspaper on Saturday afternoon at 1:00pm

  • Meet with current Youth Governor

  • YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL YOUTH GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE IN  WASHINGTON D.C. Conference is held in Washington DC in June. The YMCA will pay for your conference fee and transportation to and from Washington DC. It is a requirement to run for Youth Governor that you make sure you can attend.

  

Attend the Leadership Session:

DOES NOT ATTEND LEADERSHIP TRAINING

 

 

Scripts or additional Information:

Attached forms must be completed and mailed to within 7 days of Training Session
Youth in Government
31 Town Hall Lane
Winthrop, ME 04364

 

Forms to Attach:
1) National Youth Governor’s Conference Information Sheet
2) Youth Governor’s Candidate Information Sheet
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