Officer Elections Announcement
Officer Elections
As announced yesterday, GEO’s elections are coming up! Below are instructions about how to participate!
The GEO Coordinating Committee is currently soliciting nominations for each of the officer positions. If you’re interested in running, contact them at geo@uigeo.org.
Nominations will be accepted until the General Membership meeting on April, 27th 2022.
After the CC has accepted your nomination, GEO will also make every effort to share any campaign/election materials with membership.
Here are some of the possible officer roles:
Co-President
Stewards’ Council Co-Chair
Co-Treasurer
Secretary
Grievance Committee Co-Chair
Communications Committee Co-Chair
Solidarity Committee Co-Chair
Officers-at-large (3)
Stewards’ Council Supporting Officers (3)
Some of the positions have tentative commitments from candidates, but many do not! You can find more information about the union’s committees here and learn more about the GEO as a whole here.
GEO will be conducting the election electronically, using ElectionRunner.
If you are a GEO member, you will receive an email invitation at your illinois.edu email address to participate in the GEO’s officer elections. To vote, sign in to ElectionRunner using the link sent to your illinois.edu email. The online polling will open at 12:00 PM Central Time on 4/28/22 and will close at 12:00 PM Central Time on 4/29/22.
If you do not receive your login information on 4/27/22, please contact us providing your name, netID, and a non-UIUC email address you wish us to use for the elections.
When filling out your online ballot, be sure to carefully read all candidate options and candidate profiles. To read more about a particular candidate or team-ticket, you can click the blue info button to the right of an option on the ballot.
In Solidarity,
Graduate Employees’ Organization
809 S. 5th St., Geneva Room
Champaign, IL 61820
Email: geo@uigeo.org