BPW International

Nomination document requirements

• a completed nomination form must be signed by the Affiliate representative (preferably the president)
• the signed consent of the nominee to serve a particular position for which she has been nominated on the nomination form
• if the nominating Affiliate is not the Affiliate to which the candidate belongs, her nomination form must be countersigned by the President of the Affiliate with which she is registered for international rights

8.2 Submission of nominations, resolutions and amendments for attention at the General Assembly

• Resolutions and amendments to the Constitution and Regulations may be submitted by Affiliate Federations, Affiliate Clubs and members of the BPW International Executive, as well as Standing Committee Chairpersons and Past International Presidents.
• The submitting Affiliate Federation or Affiliate Club must have paid their dues for the current and previous years and any penalties that apply for late payment

Nominations are only accepted valid if:

• a completed form and a candidate’s statement is received by BPW International by electronic means or mailed in an envelope postmarked before midnight according to GMT on the due date; if translations, photographs and other documents are missing, these must be received in the President’s Office within ten (10) days
• the nominating Affiliate (and the candidate’s Affiliate if another Affiliate is nominating her) have paid their dues for the year in which nominations are due and any outstanding prior years' dues by the time the nomination is received.

Nominees

• must be an active and financial BPW member of a financial Affiliate
• must be prepared to attend the post General Assembly International Board meeting
• nominees for executive positions must be prepared to stay for one (1) day after the General Assembly to attend the Executive handover meetings
• nominees for Standing Committees Chairpersons must be prepared to stay for one (1) day after the General Assembly to attend the handover meeting with the previous Chairperson

The President's Office receives all nominations and reviews these for compliance with the Executive Secretary and Chair of Constitutional Advisory Committee providing that neither of them is a candidate for office.

Signature

Please print out the form, sign it manually, scan the signed document and send as PDF to presidents.office@bpw-international.org

Then: Do not forget to submit this form!

Data Protection

This data will be stored at BPW International. The data will be used exclusively for the International Congress 2024 in St. Kitts. After the International Congress 2024 the data will be stored in the Archives of BPW International. On request the data will be deleted (only after the International Congress 2024).