It is my 4th (or 5th, details below) run for the UBC Staff Pension Plan board member. I hope you could feel my passion for this volunteer role. I will very much appreciate if you could like, share or comment on this post and pass my passion for this volunteer role and commitments to plan members to your network. Thank you!
I am running for the UBC Staff Pension Plan board member position and I hope I can count on your support! My candidate statement is enclosed.
I have a keen interest in pension. Some of you perhaps knew it in person, as I discussed it with you when I was at UBC; some of you perhaps knew it through LinkedIn, as I often commentated on pension related threads. For those who don’t know, I am a huge advocate for “salary for life” concept, and pension is for sure one of the best financial products. The reason is simple: most of us already have to address lots of uncertainty in our current life stages and we need some predictability for peace of mind in terms of retirement life and retirement financial planning.
It is my 4th (or 5th, details below) run for the UBC Staff Pension Plan board member. Not many people ran five times in a row for a volunteer position, so I hope you could feel my passion for this role!
In previous UBC Staff Pension Plan board elections, I printed pamphlets, walked around the campus, spoke with plan members to promote myself. But I must not have done enough and that’s how come I wasn’t elected in previous attempts. This year, I am back on the ballot again, so does my passion on pension and commitment to serve the plan members. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, I will mainly use LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook to promote. I will very much appreciate if you could like, share or comment on this post and pass my passion for this volunteer role and commitments to plan members to your network. Thank you!
Thank you for your time and help!
Regards,
Minghui
Candidate statement for 2020 UBC Staff Pension Plan election
Here are links to my 2014, 2016 and 2018 candidate statements. Technically, it’s my 5th endeavour because I also ran in 2012, but an election office’s administrative error made my name never show up on the 2012 ballot 🙁
This is my 4th endeavour to join the Staff Pension Plan board and I hope I can count on your support. I left UBC two years ago and am a deferred member of the Plan. As a self-employed IT consultant who helps SMEs streamline their IT and enjoys the greater feeling of accomplishment, I also suffer from greater uncertainty, that’s how come I appreciate SPP’s predictability more than ever. SPP is our salary for life: we count on it for our retirement planning and cannot afford any surprise. I don’t want to show off my resume as I believe there are more professionally capable members. But I am the one who has the dedication and aspiration (and a good skillset) to be your trusted steward, and I am counting on your support.
If elected, my commitments to you are very straightforward: accountable and reachable. I will continue my professional development in board governing and finance (I have been working on it for years). I will bring your questions or concerns (such as ESG investment) to the Board, and through the Board to the management and investment team. By the time you read this statement, we will have wrapped up the provincial election. SPP’s voter turnout rate is low, and I encourage you to vote because you need accountable and reachable board members to represent your best interests. Not all pension plans thrive (some failed miserably, like Nortel), just like not all governments administrate well. If you believe an accountable and reachable MLA is important, please consider applying the same criteria to your SPP representative. I am confident you will find I am the right candidate you need.
Good representatives, good governance, a good pension plan, and a good retirement. Thank you very much for your support!
Why I am running?
Simply put, two reasons:
1) I have a keen interests in pension and related topics. For example, from my LinkedIn activities, you will find I often commentate on pension related articles.
2) I have the attitudes and aptitude to succeed in this board member (volunteer) position.
How to vote?
You can vote at https://ssc.adm.ubc.ca/webvote/servlets/ElectionsFC
Who can vote?
All UBC Staff Pension Plan members can vote. If you are a current UBC staff, or you are a deferred member of the Staff Pension Plan, or you are receiving pension from the plan, then you are eligible to vote.