Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL chapter elections for the coming year (2023) will take place at our upcoming chapter meeting on Saturday, December 10. There are three positions up for election:
- President
- Vice President
- Treasurer
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This year's chapter elections officer is David Shaffer, who can be reached by email at chosunu@yahoo.com.
NOMINATIONS
Any current chapter member may nominate one person, including themselves, for any one position. Candidates for chapter vice president or treasurer must have been chapter members for at least three months prior to nomination. Candidates for president must have been chapter members for at least six months prior to nomination and must have been an officer in a chapter of KOTESOL or of National KOTESOL for at least six continuous months immediately prior to nomination.
Nominated candidates should provide a written personal statement describing their suitability for the position; this statement may include a list of chapter and/or national KOTESOL positions and/or activities as well as other ELT-related positions and activities. This personal statement will be provided to chapter members on this webpage and on the day of the elections. Candidates must also be endorsed by at least two current chapter members.
To nominate someone, including yourself, please send a nomination email to the elections officer, David Shaffer, at chosunu@yahoo.com. The nominated person should also send a personal statement to the elections officer. In addition, two members who wish to endorse the nominee should write a paragraph or two explaining why they support the nominee for this position and send their endorsements as Word or PDF documents to the elections officer. The deadline for all nominations and supporting documents is December 7.
ELECTIONS
Chapter elections will be held at the December 10, 2022, meeting. Any current chapter members attending the meeting will be eligible to vote. For additional details about election procedures, please click here.
Profiles of each candidate (personal statement + 2 endorsement letters) will be uploaded to this page as they are completed.
DUTIES OF EACH OFFICE
President: Plan meetings and special events; invite and coordinate speakers; facilitate meetings and workshops; ensure venues are reserved (GNUE, etc.); chair annual regional conference; work with chapter officers on outreach and innovative meeting formats; order prizes for drawings at meetings; represent the chapter at National Council meetings and at events around the community (e.g., GIC Day); ensure that other duties (e.g., chapter e-news) are promptly and appropriately handled.
Vice President: Ascend to the presidency if the position becomes vacant; facilitate workshops and represent the chapter at National Council meetings when the president is unable to do so; assist the president as needed. In recent years, projects have included serving as webmaster, including creating event pages for workshops in a timely fashion and advertising workshops and regional conference, and serving as co-chair of the regional conference.
Treasurer: Handle all aspects of chapter finances, including keeping all chapter monies in a separate personal account earmarked for this purpose; tracking all income and expenses (e.g., for the regional conference); preparing speaker honoraria and paying other expenses (e.g., speaker dinners, prizes) as needed; reimbursing expenses for workshops and the regional conference; preparing the annual budget and spending report; preparing necessary documents to request reimbursement from National as needed (e.g., quarterly chapter dues shares, payment for ads in conference program book, etc.).
Note: Some of these duties can be delegated to appointed officers (e.g., membership coordinator, officers-at-large) by the president.
Nominated Candidates (and Election Results)
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President: Bryan Hale (Elected)
Vice President: David Shaffer (Elected)
Treasurer: Phillip Schrank (Elected)
Candidate statements and endorsements uploaded as PDF documents below.
