The UBC Postdoc Association is pleased to announce our first-ever election for executive officers! Following the recent ratification of our constitution in November, we held open nominations for officers.

Likely because this is our first election, most of the positions only have one candidate running. However, it’s still important that you support the PDA by taking just a few seconds to cast your votes. We hope this precedent will lead to more participation in future elections, and a stronger PDA to serve you.

We’ve looked at a few different methods for voting, and decided that for this year, we can simply do an online poll. In future years, we hope to implement a secure system in which you can login via your CWL account.

Please follow this link to the survey, which will tell you about who is running for each position and allow you to vote:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5QM79BR

The ballot will be available until Monday, January 17th, at which time we’ll tally the votes – new officers will begin their term on February 1st. With the new executive in place, the PDA will be able build on all that we’ve accomplished in the past few years, and make UBC an even better place for postdocs in 2011. Thanks in advance for your help and support!