UIFACSS

2006’ UI-CSSA President Election and Board Recruitment

Dear Friends:

Based on CSSA constitution, we have annual elections. This year, the annual election will start from March until April 2nd, on which date the result will be announced.

The University of Iowa Chinese Students and Scholars Association (UI-CSSA) is the biggest international association on campus, serving all the Chinese people and promoting the friendship within and beyond the Chinese community. CSSA is the major Chinese association enriching Chinese life in Iowa City, getting oversea Chinese people together. Making CSSA better as our life bridge is the responsibility of every CSSA member. Thus, everybody, please participate in the 2006’ CSSA President Election and Board Recruitment for the term 2006-2007! Thanks!

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Election Constitution (2006)

I. CANDIDATE NOMINATION

In the election we vote for the PRESIDENT of the UI-CSSA. If you are interested in OR know someone special who is eligible for running for the presidency, please send an email to studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu and cc it to song-yi@uiowa.edu, indicating the candidate’s name and affiliation.

a. Eligibility: All Chinese students who are currently enrolled in the University of Iowa and all Chinese visiting scholars and current post-doc research fellows.

b. Deadline: 11:59pm, March 25, 2006

c. Nomination: President candidates are required to send his/her resume, recent photo, service plan (less than 500 words in either English or Chinese) and future partners’ names (if applicable) to studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu and cc it to song-yi@uiowa.edu by email. Additional information is welcome. The candidate must come to IMU on April 2nd to face the public in the press meeting.

II. THE ELECTION MECHANISM

a. Presidency: The president candidates’ information will be posted on CSSA’s web (http://www.uiowa.edu/~cssa) on Sunday, March 26, 2006.

The Voting Time will be March 27, 2006 to April 1, 2006 (Mon 0:01AM to Sat 11:59PM). In order to ensure the voting transparency, this year CSSA will continue to use our group email list. In other words, everyone, please send your ballot directly to cssa@list.uiowa.edu for your candidate. Note, only these email origins are acceptable: UI email address with part of their domain names as UIOWA.EDU (such as @uiowa.edu, @blue.weeg.uiowa.edu, @engineering.uiowa.edu, etc.)

b. Oversighting affairs: An oversighting committee including faculty and/or senior graduates will be invited to modulate the election process. All valid bollots must indicate the voter’s name and major department and whom to vote. CSSA has the ultimate verification of the Eligibility of votes. The oversighting committee will count the ballots on Sunday, April 2, 2006 (7pm) when the public meeting in IMU (Minnesota room, Rm 347) takes place. CSSA will announce the election results soon after.

c. Board Member Recruitment: To get a more service-aware board and greater sense of participation from all Chinese students, we think it's better to let our CSSA members, volunteer to compete for CSSA board members by interviews. It is independent of the president election. CSSA affairs are mainly focused on activity organizing, web designing, life directing, information distributing, funding raising, new-student assisting, etc. All candidates who are interested in being future executive board members, must send your nomination to studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu with your resume only, indicating which of the above areas you are good at. Your interview will also be on Sunday, April 2, 2006 (7pm) when the public meeting in IMU (Minnesota room, Rm 347) takes place.

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If you have any question, PLEASE contact with CSSA at studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu! Please check CSSA's home page for up-to-date information!

2005-2006 Executive Board
Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)
The University of Iowa
U.S.A.