Process for Election of President, Secretary & Treasurer
The Executive roles are for 3-year terms. Encumbents can stand for re-election. The current executive terms finish on 31 August 2025.
Our constitution dictates that the Secretary has to conduct the election according to the following timeline.
- Three (3) months notice to all ahead of the election, notice of the elections is given to all financial members of the ESA.
- Two (2) months before the election, nominations close for all 3 positions.
- One (1) month before the election, all financial members of the ESA are advised of the names of every person nominated for each role.
- If there is more than one nomination for a specific role, there will be an election for that role.
- If there is only one nominatrion for a specific role, then that person will be declared as the successful candidate.
- If there are no nominations for a specific role, then a fresh call for nominations will be called for that role (NB: this has never happened but ..)
- for President: all financial members of the ESA are eligible to vote.
- for Treasurer and Secretary: only member with voting rights on Central Council are eligible to vote.
All elections will be administered via the Survey Monkey platform. There will be a voting window of 5 days, ending on 5:00pm (AEST) 29 August 2025.
The outcome of every election will be annouced as soon as practical after the end of voting.
Annual General Meeting
The AGM is a regulatory requirement and only for the members of Central Council.
