POSITION | YEAR ELECTED |
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Chair | Odd |
Vice-Chair | Even |
Secretary | Odd |
Finance Manager | Even |
Registrar | Odd |
Late March - Call for Candidate Nominations is announced.
May 11 - Deadline for Nominations
May 15 - Deadline for candidate statements
Week of May 16-21 - Emails sent to members with voting instructions and candidate info
May 22 - Voting opens
June 5 - Voting closes at 9PM
June 10 - Election results announced at the Bend Ice annual meeting of the members
Read the candidate statements for the Rapids Steering Committee positions for the 2024 Elections
Read the candidate statements for the Bend Ice At Large positions for the 2024 Elections
Should you wish to nominate someone (including yourself) for any of the open positions complete this online form.
In order to be included on the ballot, nominees must provide confirmation of their willingness to serve if elected, and a short bio summary less than one page in length by the deadline.
Three position on the Bend Rapids Youth Hockey Steering Committee are up for election. These are 2-years terms commencing on July 1, 2024 and ending in June, 2026
Vice-Chair – (reports to Chair)
Vice-Chair will be elected by the Bend Rapids membership and will lead the Coaching Committee as a tie-breaking vote. The person holding this role should have reasonable experience in the hockey community.
Works to promote the sport of hockey and the Bend Rapids through the following:
Finance Manager – (reports to Chair)
The at-large positions are also voting members and are able to assist the Board in the following areas:
Ballots are emailed only to eligible members of the Bend Rapids. Ballots are sent around the 3rd week of May.
Ask yourself. Which email is connected to your USA Hockey account that was used to register your athlete as a player, yourself as a parent volunteer, a coach, etc...?
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For purposes of voting you must be a Bend Rapid member, registered with USA Hockey for the current season, in good standing (good standing means you have no outstanding financial obligations to the club), and not on any disciplinary path such such as suspension from the club, OSHA, or USA Hockey.
Bend Rapids members are defined as:
NOTE: Solely being a parent/guardian of a player does not entitle the parents/guardians to cast their own votes. However, because rostered players are usually minors(under 18), the parents/guardians may cast one vote on behalf of their rostered player.
Votes are allocated as follows. 1 vote per Rostered Player. 1 vote for serving as a Coach, member of the Steering Committee, member of the Coaching Committee, or Team Manager. An individual serving multiple volunteer roles such as Steering Committee and Coach does not receive 1 vote per volunteer role, but 1 vote total.
Common 1 and 2 Vote Examples:
Is my vote anonymous? Yes. The election administrator can see who voted, but not the contents of your vote.