Effective July 1, 2013, there will be one permanent staff vacancy on the Board of Trustees. Therefore, an election of one permanent staff representative for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2013, is required.

The general bylaws of the Board of Trustees specify that permanent staff members, to be elected by the permanent staff members of the University, serve staggered three-year terms on the board.

Permanent staff members who are managers reporting directly to the President or to a Vice-President are not eligible to serve.

Nomination forms for this election are available on the University Secretariat election website.

The nomination form must be signed by at least three permanent staff members and the nominee and returned in person to the Office of the University Secretariat is located in ST1107, by email to dstdenis@brocku.ca, or by fax to 905-688-9754 no later than 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Electronic voting will be used for the election of a permanent staff member to the Board of Trustees will be used this year. Voting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 and will close at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2013.

All eligible voters will receive an email to their Brock email account with a link to a secure electronic ballot. Each voter may vote for one candidate. The candidate leading the poll will be declared elected to the three-year term.

Please contact Darlene St-Denis (x3334) if you have any questions.