{"id":56839,"date":"2018-04-09T14:41:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T18:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=56839"},"modified":"2018-04-09T14:41:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T18:41:13","slug":"student-bar-association-elections-for-2018-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2018\/04\/09\/student-bar-association-elections-for-2018-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Bar Association Elections for 2018-2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elections\u00a0for the 2018-2019 Student Bar Association Leadership are\u00a0 underway!\u00a0 All\u00a0students can\u00a0now\u00a0begin the process of determining who the 2018-2019\u00a0SBA\u00a0executive board and class representatives will be.\u00a0Remember, all students are automatically members of the Student Bar Association; therefore it is important that you are all involved in the process of choosing your class representatives and executive board. Each class (1L, 2L, 3L, part-time) will elect 4 class representatives.\u00a0 The person who receives the most votes will be appointed the class president.\u00a0 The executive board is composed of the president, vice-president, treasurer, and secretary.\u00a0 Your vote is crucial in electing all of these positions!\u00a0SBA\u00a0elections\u00a0are a three-step process:<\/p>\n<p>First, all those who\u00a0hope to be\u00a0nominated\u00a0for an executive\u00a0board\u00a0or class representative\u00a0position on\u00a0SBA\u00a0must\u00a0get\u00a0<strong>at least two<\/strong>\u00a0nominations\u00a0(you are able to\u00a0nominate yourself).\u00a0Nominations\u00a0will open on\u00a0<strong>Wednesday, April 11th\u00a0<\/strong>and will close on\u00a0<strong>Friday, April 13th\u00a0at 6 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Second, each individual who receives at least two\u00a0nominations\u00a0for a position will receive an email asking if they would like to accept their\u00a0nomination\u00a0and run for the position.\u00a0 If\u00a0nominated for both a class representative and executive board position, you may choose to run for both.\u00a0 That way, if you do not win the executive board position, you remain in the running as a class representative.\u00a0 However, you may NOT run for two executive board positions.\u00a0 If\u00a0nominated\u00a0for more than one executive board position, you will have to chose which one to accept. A student must accept his or her\u00a0nomination\u00a0for a position via email or the student will not be on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Third, all\u00a0nominees\u00a0for President will be invited to participate in an open forum with your classmates on\u00a0<strong>Monday, April 16th at 12:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m<\/strong>. to briefly discuss why you would like the position and answer any questions from your classmates.\u00a0The final poll with\u00a0all of the candidates that have accepted their\u00a0nominations\u00a0will\u00a0open on<strong>\u00a0Wednesday, April 18th<\/strong>.\u00a0The final poll will\u00a0close on\u00a0<strong>Friday, April 20th at 6 p.m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The person with the most votes\u00a0for each position will\u00a0win. Each\u00a0elected\u00a0individual will receive an email notification\u00a0and their names\u00a0and position\u00a0will be displayed on the announcement blog. The newly elected executive board will be contacted by the current executive board that coming week regarding leadership succession.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NOMINATIONS MUST BE REGISTERED HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/BVDHPT5\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/BVDHPT5<\/a> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below are the current executive board members and their emails.\u00a0 Please feel free to reach out to any of us if you would like to learn more about what our position entails:<\/p>\n<p>President: Robbie Starcher &#8211; rms191<br \/>\nVice President: Matthew Aberegg &#8211; mra70<br \/>\nTreasurer: Ryan Robinson &#8211; rcr23<br \/>\nSecretary: Michael Fredericka &#8211; mjf114<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections\u00a0for the 2018-2019 Student Bar Association Leadership are\u00a0 underway!\u00a0 All\u00a0students can\u00a0now\u00a0begin the process of determining who the 2018-2019\u00a0SBA\u00a0executive board and class representatives will be.\u00a0Remember, all students are automatically members of the Student Bar Association; therefore it is important that you are all involved in the process of choosing your class representatives and executive board. 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