As of Thursday morning November 5th, the Nomination Committee has received the following nominations for the 4 officer positions that are being elected this year.
President - Stephan Matthews (Robert C. Weaver)
2nd Vice President - Davena Archie (Dept. of Labor) and Haizuanna Zano (VA HQ)
Recording Secretary - Haizuanna Zano (VA HQ)
Treasurer - Kmitra Lovely (VA HQ)
Additional nominations will be solicited and accepted from the floor during the November 13th regional council meeting. Many thanks to everyone who submitted nominations and to the chapter presidents who have submitted their updated Form 4's. Chapter Presidents - if you have not submitted a current Form 4 that reflects the names and contact information for your primary and alternate regional council representatives, please do so by 7pm Wednesday November 10th. Forms should be sent to the Recording Secretary Antinique Rawlings (Antiniquej378@yahoo.com) and rxirecordingsecretary@gmail.com) and "Cc" giftedregion@gmail.com.
VERY IMPORTANT!!! - The regional representatives of those chapters who did not pay their 2021 dues to the region by the November 1st suspense date will not be eligible to vote on Saturday November 13th. Also, primary and regional council representatives must take action immediately to verify that their individual membership has not expired or will not expire prior to November 13th. Membership status can be verified by signing into their respective on line accounts (http://www.bignet.org) or by contacting the RXI Membership Chair Ms. Barbara Johnson-Cox at johnsoncox.barbara33@gmail.com. Regional council representatives who have expired memberships will be ineligible to vote unless their memberships have been renewed by 8pm Wednesday November 10th.
Due to COVID-19, once again this year, the voting will be conducted in a virtual environment via the use of the Election Buddy tool which will send an electronic ballot via email to each representative who is eligible to vote. Since many agencies do not allow such emails to be received by their employees, ballots will only be sent to PERSONAL email addresses. Therefore, all representatives must ensure that that they have provided their PERSONAL email addresses by contacting Ms. Michelle Batten, Election Committee Chairperson at rxielections@gmail.com NLT 12pm Thursday November 11th.
Per Article X Section 2A of the RXI Council Bylaws, the President, 2nd Vice President, Recording Secretary and Treasurer shall hold office beginning in the even number years. The candidates who are elected on November 13th 2021, will begin serving their terms of office on January 1, 2022.
Per Article X Section 2E, no elected/appointed officer shall serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office. Incumbent eligibility to be re-elected is summarized below.
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President- Incumbent is eligible
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2nd Vice President - Incumbent is not eligible
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Treasurer - Incumbent is eligible
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Recording Secretary- Incumbent is eligible
On Saturday November 13th 2021, the Nomination Committee will accept final nominations from the floor and prepare a slate of candidates that will appear on the official ballot.
Per Article IX Section 9D of the RXI Council Bylaws:
The Election Committee will prepare the official ballot reflecting the candidates for each office and then conduct the actual election of officers in conjunction with the slate of candidates presented by the Nomination Committee. After the election, the committee will present the voting results to the body and provide a written certification of the election results to the Regional Council Recording Secretary.
Per Article X Sections 2B, 2C of the RXI Council Bylaws:
All voting shall be executed by secret ballot and no proxy voting shall be allowed.
In order for a candidate to be declared the winner of a specific office, the candidate must receive a simple majority (i.e. 50% +1) of the votes casted for that office.
In the event of a tie, a run-off vote shall continue until one candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.
VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
To be eligible to vote, each primary and alternate regional council representative must be in good financial standing (i.e. membership dues have been paid) at the National, Regional, and Chapter levels. Each chapter will receive 3 votes and must also be in good financial standing with the Region (i.e. regional dues have been paid). However, all chapters must have a current RXI Comprehensive Chapter Update Status Form 4 on file.
The 2021 RXI Nomination Committee is comprised of the following members:
Sandra Richardson (NSF Chapter) - Chairperson
Ida Hayes (NIH Chapter)
Adrienne Shaw (DOL Chapter)
Pia Scott (Benjamin Banneker Chapter)
Shirley Cambrel (Dept. of Energy)
Ray Carmichael (RXI Retired Members)
The 2021 RXI Election Committee is comprised of the following members:
Michelle Batten (DIA Chapter) - Chairperson
Tekia Winder (OPM Chapter)
John Jasik (Carl T. Rowan Chapter)
Dwayne Mitchell (VA HQ Chapter)
Sharrell Davis (Heritage Chapter)
We are looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday November 13th.
Sandra Richardson
Chair, Region XI 2021 Elections Committee
Michelle Batten
Chair, Region XI 2021 Elections Committee
