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Post by Board (Admin) on Feb 19, 2015 18:09:49 GMT
PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING: stjohnspride.boards.net/thread/3/campaigning-guidelines
DIRECTOR(S)-AT-LARGE ROLE DESCRIPTION:
The Directors-at-Large constitute the majority of the Board of Directors, double that of the Co-Chairs. Directors-at-Large (DAL) work on a system of "project portfolios" which are chosen by the Director upon their election based on their strengths and interests (granted some portfolios may have to be assigned if not voluntary taken). Ideally, these portfolios would be distributed equally, but this is dependent on the individual Directors and their availability and presence of other commitments. However, general duties and responsibilities include:
serve a one (1) year term (notwithstanding removal or voluntary leave)
in tandem with the other Board members, ensure the productivity of the Board as a whole
partner with, support, and when necessary assist and be assisted by one (1) Co-Chair
give regular verbal or written reports and be accountable to the Co-Chair most closely aligned with your project portfolio
complete a comprehensive year-end report and annual return by August of each year
Here are some of the working titles of current project portfolios passed down by the 2014 Board (to be amended, amalgamated, and created as St. John's Pride needs shift and grow organically):
Administrative Officer (linked to Co-Chair Internal unless delegated)
City Liaison (linked to Co-Chair Internal unless delegated
Events Coordinator (linked to Co-Chair External unless delegated)
Finance Officer (linked to Co-Chair Finance unless delegated)
Sponsorship Coordinator (typically performed by Co-Chair Finance unless delegated)
Inclusivity Advocate
Grant Writer
Branding and Corporate Image Coordinator
Community Liaison
Website Coordinator
Festival Programming
Festival Site Coordinator(s) (2)
Parade Coordinator(s) (2)
Internal Structuring
Community Connections and Outreach
The best method of campaigning for a Director-at-Large is perhaps to emphasize your strengths, skills, and work experience rather than campaign on certain portfolios as this system is inherently flexible and fluid and many Directors may in fact share one portfolio (such as Festival Programming, which all 9 members must work on collectively) or otherwise overlap with another's duties.
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Post by Adele Power on Feb 19, 2015 22:08:29 GMT
Hey everyone! I just want to take this opportunity to say how grateful I am for the opportunity to run for Director-At-Large. I will post my platform below and if anyone has any questions for me, I will answer them to the best of my ability.
"Hi everyone! My name is Adele Power and I would like to announce my candidacy for Director-At-Large. I’m a psychology major at Memorial University, completing a minor in Gender Studies. I work part time as a respite worker and I’m an active member of the LBGT MUN. I have decided to run for Director-At-Large is because I believe I have the innovative and time management skills that would help with making this year’s celebration one of the best ones yet!
I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to help run an area within Student Against Drunk Driving. Through that experience, I was able to hone many skills aligned with project management, working as a collective, and encouraging my teammates to bring awareness to crucial issues. Working alongside the inspiring individuals at Students Against Drunk Driving, I was able to broaden and strengthen my passions for social activism and develop strategic fundraising skills. My work on past projects has always been lead with an inclusive and welcoming mindset, which I feel benefits both the team organizing the events as much as it does the patrons.
As a member of LBGT MUN, one of my main goals is connecting the LGBTQ+ community in St. John’s. I want to work together to ensure that all events are inclusive and unified. I want to see the LGBTQ+ community in St. John’s further strengthened through collaboration, no matter your race, gender, or sexual orientation. Too often, queer and trans youth feel alienated from the LGBTQ+ community. When I was in high school, I struggled a lot with my sexual orientation and I never had a community around me where I could go and be accepted and understood. That was a struggle. Now, that struggle has fueled my passion to help provide that open conversation for the next generation. It is wonderful that so many schools in the area have GSAs, and collaborating with them to host events that cater to what our youth wants is a wonderful way to ensure people of all ages feel welcome and respected. Currently, I am co-coordinating Queerapolooza (a Queer Prom for youth). I believe that events like these will help foster a more inclusive environment and strengthen our sense of community in St. John’s.
I'm so excited to be standing here for you all. I’m certain, together, we can really make a difference. I hope you all feel the same way so we can come together and make Pride 2015 our best one yet!"
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Post by Alice Hietala on Feb 19, 2015 22:33:40 GMT
Well hello my beautiful, brave, vibrant community! My name is Alice, and I am running for the open at-large board position with St. John's Pride.
I am a queer, feminist, musician and community organizer. I am passionate about building empowering spaces for queer and trans people and believe our histories and culture are so worth celebrating and sharing. I have spent the last 4 years working within our LGBTQ community, building spaces of support, pride, and exploration. I am the founder and director of Spectrum (the first LGBTQ choir in NL). I have worked and volunteered with Planned Parenthood, and have had the honour of working as a mentor and coordinator with Camp Eclipse: OUT in the Woods.
I would bring many strengths to the Pride Week team. I have a strong and successful background in grant writing, and have experience organizing LGBTQ focused events and programs. I am passionate about LGBTQ activism and doing my part to build safer, inclusive, celebratory spaces. As a board member, I am not interested in being a leader, but rather contributing what I have to offer to something much larger: Pride Week. I want to help build a Pride Week that everyone can see themselves reflected in. Given the "jumping in mid-stream" nature of this board position, I intend to enter in with an open heart and the motto "how can I help".
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Post by Adele Power on Feb 19, 2015 23:16:41 GMT
Hi again! I just wanted to share some of the ideas I have and some of the things I plan on focusing on if I get elected. I know that Pride is doing great work with youth, but I feel like there is still a divide in our community. When I am at Pride events, I rarely see people who are older than 30 or 40. I know there are queer and trans people who are older than that in our city, yet they don't seem to come to events. I think that trying to make sure we have LGBTQ+ people of all ages at events is very important. Pride exists to bring people together and create a sense of community, which means we need people of all ages. I would love to see events where we have people from 8 to 80 being proud of who they are!
I would also like to focus more on making events that educate the public, yet are fun to attend. I am not sure about everyone else, but my favourite days in science class were the ones where we watched Bill Nye the Science Guy. We had fun and we learned! We have a much better chance of creating a more queer and trans friendly city if our educational events are exciting!
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Post by alicehietala on Feb 20, 2015 20:58:01 GMT
Those are definitely some great areas to focus on, Adele. Trying to balance the interests and needs of all of us within the community is a challenge, but definitely a worthwhile and necessary one to take on. Getting everyone to come out and participate can be tricky... but I've been tossing around an idea. What if instead of asking more people to come to Pride Week, we brought Pride Week to more people? More than that, when we talk about encouraging different communities to participate and seek to take down barriers that prevent people to joining in, we often forget that there are groups that know a lot more about those barriers and how to dismantle them than we do ... so we should be building strong relationships with those organizations. What I'm envisioning is committee groups who can build relationships with groups like: - The Independent Living Resource Centre - The Senior's Resource Centre - The Association for New Canadian - Choices for Youth/Thrive - The Native Friendship Centre - etc etc etc And then those community liaisons could help develop Pride programming that takes place within the context of their services/programs? What if the Seniors Resource Centre had a bulletin board display celebrating Pride Week, marking historic events and figures, listing Pride Week activities, and maybe something specific going on with the Resource Centre itself? Such programming would have a much better chance of actually meeting people's needs/interests. Such groups also have great resources that we could avail of to make all our Pride Week events more accessible and inclusive. You also mentioned your interest in educational events that are "fun". How true is that! All too often the educational stuff ends up feeling like a lecture series. Well, what about something like a human library? humanlibrary.org/ Anyway, I'm just rambling now. But there is definitely a wealth of ideas about how to make Pride wonderful. |
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Post by Pamela (Pam) Sheaves on Sept 17, 2015 17:06:36 GMT
Good day folks: I am running for a director at large position this year.
I have been involved with St Johns Pride for the last 6 years. I did one term as a director at large in 2013 with a perfect attendance record, and have been the parade security coordinator for the last three years. I organized the first election for an elected board in 2010. I had lengthy discussions with the then organizers about the requirement for an elected board with a mandate from our LGBTQ community. I have acted as an independent advocate and mentor for our LGBTQ community board from 2010 to present.
I am a security professional in St Johns with many years of experience, i am also the admin of LGBTQ Atlantic and world News group on facebook. I have been interviewed by the media many times since 2010 and have a large number of contacts from business, professional, non profit and political organizations. I have been an advocate for out reach for school aged, senior, and LGBTQ families for many years. Some of my interests include providing members of our community, information and contacts for everything from LGBTQ friendly child care, legal, financial advice for couples and families, and out reach to members in hospital, and care homes.
I am a strong believer in engaging with members of our community who are often overlooked. Too often events are planned without direct consultation with these groups. I believe in order to engage in a real manner you must speak to them, to understand what their needs are. I wouldn't expect a senior member to know what a school age member needs or wants from their pride organization, any more than I would expect a student to understand what senior members need or want. One of my recommendations if elected, will be to invite representatives from different age and interest groups to consult directly with the board.
I have had a long involvement with our community and intend to continue to be an advocate for LGBTQ folks. Please feel free to ask any questions or to contact me directly through Facebook. In closing I would like to thank you, our community for your interest and engagement in this years elections.
Sincerely Pam Sheaves
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