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Region elections
Attention ESP members; 2009 Region 50 statewide election for ESP only
ESP members of the MEA are entitled to send delegates to the National Education Association Representative Assembly. Next year, the RA will be held in San Diego, Calif., July 1-6, 2009. Expenses to attend the NEA convention are reimbursed in accordance with the adopted state delegate expense policy.
All Michigan ESP candidates for NEA statewide atlarge delegate seats run as delegates for Region 50. All Michigan ESP members vote as part of Region 50 in electing their statewide at-large delegates to the NEA RA. The NEA procedures require that these statewide delegates and alternates be elected by secret ballot. Elections will be conducted at the region level and the results forwarded to the MEA for the final election count.
Each nominated candidate may submit a biographical statement of no more than 150 words to be printed and distributed with the ballots to the regions. Statement must be in paragraph form and will be printed as received. Photos and lists will not be printed. It is preferred that biographical statements be e-mailed to dstrachan@mea.org, or statements can be mailed to the MEA Executive Office c/o Deb Strachan, PO Box 2573, East Lansing, MI 48826-2573.
Any MEA ESP member in good standing is eligible to be nominated or may nominate himself/herself at the region nominations meeting or by using the nomination form below. Additional forms may be obtained from your region president or region election chairperson. Candidate consent must be secured before that name is placed on any ballot.
If you wish to nominate yourself or someone else, obtain the consent of the candidate, fill in the nomination form and mail it directly to Deb Strachan at MEA Headquarters no later than Dec. 31, 2008. Nominations postmarked after Dec. 31, 2008 will not be accepted. This will be your last chance to submit a nomination. Names of nominees will be placed on a ballot that will be distributed to all ESP locals through the region at-large elections process in March.
If you have any questions, contact your region elections chairperson, or for further clarification call Deb Strachan at MEA Headquarters 800-292-1934, ext. 5411, before Dec. 15, 2008.
