Election Information

Dear Law Partners,

The time has come for elections. The following information will hopefully give you all you need to know about voting for or nominating someone (yourself included) for a board position for the 2010-2011 Law Partners Board. If you have any questions, please let me know. There is one additional position that is not listed as it cannot be decided until Fall 2010 and that is the 1L Rep position. That person must be a 1L in the year they are serving. An election will be held in September for that position. I hope that you have had a positive experience this year with LP and that you are willing and able to serve next year.

Nominations:

All nominations for the 2010-2011 Law Partners Board Members must be received by me (Sam at byulawpartners@gmail.com) no later than midnight on February 10, 2010. You may nominate yourself or another Law Partner for any position you are interested in (according to the rules listed below). I will need a summary (no more than 200 words) of why you would like to fill the position and what you would like to improve about Law Partners as well as a 100 word bio no later than February 15, 2010. These will be listed for 1 week prior to the election on the blog, the google group and will also be sent via email.

Election:

The election will be open for 48 hours (2 days) from February 24^th – 26^th and all ballots will need to be turned in electronically to byulawpartners@gmail.com. If there is a tie, there will be another election for that position only for 24 hours following the election.

Notification:

Elected Board Members will be notified by March 1, 2010 and must accept (or decline) their position no later than March 7, 2010. Law Partners will be notified of the new 2010-2011 board via email, the google group and the blog by March 10, 2010.

Changing Hands:

The new board will take over the duties and responsibilities of the Law Partners board by March 31, 2010 with the out-going (2009-2010) board finishing their responsibilities (the planned activities) through the end of April.

Rules:

1. President must be an incoming 3L (graduating in April 2011).

2. Each member may only vote once per person per position.

3. Current board members cannot run for (or hold) the same position more than once.

4. The elections will be blind for everyone but the out-going President.

5. All board members must be a spouse of a current law student.

6. You may only nominate yourself or someone else for 1 (one) position.

Positions:

A. President

1. Sole spokesperson for Law Partners

2. Liaison between the members and the law school administration

3. Create committees (if desired)

4. Preside at Board Meetings

5. Exercise final decision and veto power for all activities representing and/or using funds from Law Partners

6. Support and attend as many activities as possible

7. Other responsibilities as decided upon during board meetings.

B. Vice President

1. Assist the President with execution of duties

2. Represent Law Partners in absence or at request of President

3. Replace President in the event the President resigns or is otherwise unable to execute duties for a period

4. Help other Board members where needed with activities and committees

5. Other responsibilities as decided upon during board meetings (i.e., announce birthdays, accomplishments, births, etc. Oversee Socials/Luncheons Committee)

6. Maintain member records receive dues

C. Historian

1. Assist the President in execution of duties

2. Keep Blog & Google Group updated with events and information that pertains to Law Partners.

3. Support/Attend as many activities as possible.

4. Other Responsibilities as decided upon during board meetings (i.e., Heading up Dinner Group)

D. Treasurer

1. Assist the President in execution of duties

2. Present a financial update to President at least once per month with financial information from Ms. Befus at the Law School.

3. Responsible for getting reimbursements for board members.

4. Other Responsibilities as decided upon during board meetings (i.e., Heading up Forums)

E. Secretary

1. Assist the President in execution of duties

2. Record meeting minutes

3. Create and mail monthly newsletter to all dues paying members

4. Other responsibilities as decided upon during board meetings (i.e., Heading up Children’s Hour)

5. Maintain calendar of events

F. GOTHE (Gifts of the Heart Exchange) Rep

1. Attend GOTHE Committee meetings with MBASA held monthly (on average)..

2. Work under the direction of the GOTHE President (MBASA) to help put on the GOTHE events.

3. Collaborate with committee members (half MBASA members and 3-4 LP) to find ways to creatively improve GOTHE.

4. Volunteer at each GOTHE event. A rep would oversee volunteers, give instructions, and probably spend at least 6 hours working on GOTHE during each GOTHE weekend (held 2x each semester).

5. Oversee advertising and communication of GOTHE details to all Law Student Families.

6. Recruit LPs to volunteer and support the GOTHE events.

7. Pick-up and sort donations from Kid-to-Kid (located in Lehi) on a bi-monthly (approximately) basis. This involves driving to Lehi, loading your car full of huge black garbage bags filled with clothes, bringing them home to your house, sorting through the clothing to separate out the trash/DI items and to arrange the clothing by gender and size, and then taking the sorted clothing to a storage location.

Comments will be disabled during the election.

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Thanks,

Sam