Announcement of TAGDV Elections 2023

Greetings from the TAGDV Election Committee, 2023. This election committee has been operational since Sep, 2023. We request your full support, understanding and cooperation in conducting a fair, representative and comprehensive election between November 1 – 4, 2023

The TAGDV members are requested to validate their membership information and register any missing information. Click here to fill in your details.

The following are the dates/deadlines for the election.

EVENT

DEADLINE

Last day to verify membership Information

Oct 25, 2023

Last day to file nominations 

Oct 25, 2023

Last day for withdrawal of nominations

Oct 29, 2023

Announcement of the Final list of Candidates 

Oct 31, 2023

Election Date(s)

November 1 – 4, 2023

A RECEIPT TIME OF MIDNIGHT (EST) IS IMPOSED ON ALL DEADLINES.

The following are the positions open for election:

ADMINISTRATIVE BODY POSITION

NUMBER OF POSITIONS

TERM (Years)

President

1

2

Vice-President

1

2

Secretary

1

2

Treasurer

1

2

EC – Member at Large

5

2

Board of Trustees

4

4

Tamil School Board

3

2

To encourage more participation in TAGDV Administration, The 2023 TAGDV Election committee recommends the following suggestions

  • TAGDV should provide a platform to record the volunteer hours in a systematic manner.
  • The TAGDV election contestants can seek endorsements from past TAGDV officers, EC Members & Board of Trustees and publish in their Profile with their consent.

We are appreciative of your volunteer efforts and it is only through your active participation, will we be able to continue building a strong, active and successful association.

The following are the qualifications of contestants mandated by the TAGDV bylaws:

1. Board of Trustees:

a. MUST be a TAGDV life Member

b. MUST have served on the TAGDV Executive Committee

c. In the extraordinary circumstance of unavailable members to satisfy the above, any life member during the past 5 years is eligible for nomination (5.1.2 of Bylaw)

2. TAGDV President / Vice-President / Secretary / Treasurer / Member at Large:

a. MUST be a TAGDV member as of August 1, 2023

b. A member of the Association shall not contest for more than one position on the Executive Committee or the Board in a given year. (6.4 of the ByLaw).

3. Tamil School Board:

a. MUST be a TAGDV member as of Aug 1, 2023

b. SHALL have served TAGDV

Click here for the Nomination form
Click here for CANDIDATE CODE OF CONDUCT

All communications regarding the elections must be addressed to the

election committee at electioncommittee2023@tagdv.org 

The Election Committee reserves the right to respond to election-related queries at a time it deems appropriate.