NOMINATION / ELECTION NOTICE
DELEGATES TRANSPORTATION DL 140 CONVENTION
ELECTION – APRIL 17, 2018
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JANUARY 20, 2018
Nominations will be called at the February 20, 2018 General Meeting of Local Lodge 16 for Delegates to the 2018 Transportation District 140 Convention, October 23 & 24, 2018 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
POLLS WILL BE OPEN: April 17, 2018 (0700 to 2100)
LOCATION: 7980 River Road, Richmond BC
All Nomination Forms MUST be in the hands of the Local Lodge Recording Secretary no later than 15:00 pm on February 19th, 2018.
NOMINATIONS for the above may be offered at the Regular Local Lodge 16 meeting on February 20, 2018. If the Nomination is offered at the Regular Lodge Meeting, the NOMINATOR and the NOMINEE must be present at the Meeting for the Nomination to be accepted from the floor by the President. 
Both the NOMINEE and NOMINATOR must be “Members in Good Standing” of the Local Lodge for the Nomination to be accepted. NOMINEES must meet the Local Lodge Regular Meeting attendance requirements (50%), as specified in Article 2, Sections (H) & (I) of the Local Lodge Bylaws, meet the requirements of Article B, Section 3 of the IAMAW Constitution and be a “member in good standing” for at least one (1) year at the time of nomination for the nomination to be accepted.
IAMAW CONSTITUTION – ARTICLE II – SECTION 3 – ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Members who reside in outlying Districts more than 25 miles from the designated balloting place, members who are either confined because of a verified illness or on leave qualifying under U.S. and Canadian family leave laws, or on vacation, or on official I.A.M. business approved by the Local Lodge or District Lodge or Grand Lodge, or on an employer travel assignment, or reserve military leave, as the case may be, shall be furnished absentee ballots. Members applying for an absentee ballot on the basis of residing in an outlying district more than 25 miles from the designated balloting place, shall have their eligibility to vote by absentee ballot determined by the Recording Secretary and the Secretary Treasurer before the ballot is mailed. Members found not to be eligible to vote by absentee ballot will be so notified within 10 days of the receipt of their application.
Please fill out the attached Absentee Ballot Request Form and mail by Canada Post or hand deliver to the Recording Secretary of Local Lodge 16 no later than MARCH.20, 2018. More forms may be obtained from your Chief Steward (s) or the Local Lodge office.
In solidarity,
Daniel Zamorano,
Recording Secretary, Local Lodge 16
dzamarano@iamaw16.ca
Download Here : DL 140 Convention Delegate Nomination Form