LGBTQ+ Student Union 2020 Nomination Form
It's about that time of year to start the process of electing the LGBTQ+ Student Union's Executive Board for 2020-2021. Our board of directors is the core of our organization as they manage our funding, events, meetings, and more! The following positions are up for election:

     - Executive Director
     - Financial Director
     - Education & Advocacy Director
     - Social & Membership Director
     - Communications Director

Descriptions for each position from both our constitution and the current board member are available throughout this form and posted on our myUMBC page.

You may nominate any UMBC student for any position listed above. Self nomination is not just allowed, but encouraged! Nominations close on April 15th, so don't hesitate on your submission. You may submit more than one nomination as well. All students nominated will be contacted to see if they accept their nomination and to give them information on their role in the election process.

If you are at all interested, we highly encourage you to apply! This is not only a good leadership opportunity, but also a great way to get involved on campus and in our community! New perspectives help keep our organization from leaving anyone behind and elevate new ideas!

Additionally, we thank you in advance for your patience as we try our best to make our elections as accessible as possible during remote instruction. Our current board is working on setting up ways to allow you to get to know our nominees and allow for the discussion style elections we usually participate in. We will keep you updated as soon as we know how we plan to move forward.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to any of our current board members (their emails will be listed with the position description) or to our Executive Director, Irene Azuremendi., at irene3@umbc.edu
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Nominee Information
Nominee Name *
First and Last Name please
Nominee Pronouns
Nominee Student ID
Nominee Email *
This will be used as the primary form of contact for the nominee as we work through our online election process, email@umbc.edu
Nominee Phone Number
(Optional) This will only be used in the event that we cannot contact the nominee over email
Nominee School Year
Executive Director
The duties of the Executive Director as listed in our organization constitution and by-laws are as follows:
     - Developing and managing projects
     - Serving as the organization's official representative for communicating with SGA and UMBC staff
     - Calling for and convening board meetings at least twice monthly
     - Running all organization general body votes
     - Representing the will of the organization to the campus community and off campus partners
     - Advising all officers in the execution of their duties
     - Liaising with Student Life senior leadership and the SGA Vice President for Student Organizations
     - Meeting individually in person with every other Director each academic session

The current director in this position is Irene Azuremendi (irene3@umbc.edu). Here is how she describes the position:
"As Executive Director you need to be able to help the rest of the board, help set up events and get them the connections they need. You are the face of the organization so you will get a lot of emails from other organizations and staff members in the UMBC Community, and many outside of the community. Organizing meetings and keeping in touch with different leaders on campus is very important, and sometimes being a tie breaker or making decisions about events, such as cancelling them."
Nominate for Executive Director? *
Financial Director
The duties of the Financial Director as listed in our organization constitution and by-laws are as follows:
     - Preparing and submitting that semesterly budget for the organization
     - Managing fundraising
     - Managing the organization’s funds and ensuring compliance with all financial rules and guidelines
     - Maintaining records of the balance of all accounts
     - Obtaining financial sponsorship of the organization’s programs
     - Attending Treasurer training

The current director in this position is Isabela Kopp (iskopp102@umbc.edu). Here is how she describes the position:
"As the Financial Director you are in charge of the budget. This means working with SGA and other on-campus organizations to make sure that the events we have planned over the next semester have the funding and paperwork to exist. You will have to schedule meetings with SABSC and ECS, and learn how to use the surveymonkey budget submission system. Informally, you should also take a proactive stance on organizing or helping out with fundraising too, since you will have the best idea of how much money we have/need."
Nominate for Financial Director? *
Education & Advocacy Director
The duties of the Education & Advocacy Director as listed in our organization constitution and by-laws are as follows:
     - Maintain an accurate list of partnering organizations and departments
     - Coordinating educational and advocacy programming with at least four programs per academic session
     - Coordinate volunteers for most events
     - Convene Event Planning Meetings

The current director in this position is Joey Odenwald (josepho1@umbc.edu). Here is how they describe the position:
"The Education & Advocacy Director is responsible for handling a lot of our smaller scale events, primarily panels but also including fundraising and small-scale social events, among others. Your job would entail reserving space for events, communicating with different campus departments and organizations for smaller event collaboration, and helping advertise events with appropriate marketing. Additionally, the Education & Advocacy Director runs weekly meetings to lead smaller groups in planning events alongside our community."
Nominate for Education & Advocacy Director? *
Social & Membership Director
The duties of the Social & Membership Director as listed in our organization constitution and by-laws are as follows:
     - Managing member recruitment/retention
     - Serve as point of contact and coordinator for large scale social programming
     - Convene and plan Social Meetings on a weekly basis
     - Create programming for membership retention and development
     - Advise the Board of Directors with regards to inter and intra personal relationships
     - Tabling at resource fairs

The current director in this position is Jo Jo Price (jprice2@umbc.edu). Here is how she describes the position:
"Being the Social & Membership Director means being able to plan and hold meetings with students as well as campus faculty and and staff, planning and executing events by keeping up with smaller incremental tasks, and facilitating conversation around potentially sensitive topics in a way that is safe, inclusive, and respectful. If you're organized and love helping people have fun while building community, then Social/Membership Director may be the perfect role for you!"
Nominate for Social & Membership Director? *
Communications Director
The duties of the Communications Director as listed in our organization constitution and by-laws are as follows:
     - Assuming the role of President in the event of the President’s absence or incapacity
     - Managing communication within the group
     - Ensuring activity on all media platforms
     - Approving and distributing marketing and advertising designs
     - Approving all communications to external and internal organizations

The current director in this position is Shannon Ashley (sash4@umbc.edu). Here is how he describes the position:
"I would describe being the Communications Director as being a combination of a Vice President and a Secretary. Taking meeting minutes and sending out emails/posts for the org are some of your main jobs, but so is being a point of contact and organized delegator when necessary. This role also advises our Social Media Director, an appointed position, on running our various org social media accounts. I won't lie, this is a job that requires a good amount of time management. The individual tasks themselves don't take too long, but letting them pile up can sometimes feel like a lot. If you stay on top of it, though, this is a great position for people who like to work behind the scenes and manage communications!"
Nominate for Communications Director? *
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