NPDL Board Elections

About

School representatives vote in annual elections to choose the NPDL Board of Directors.

Each member school gets two representatives— one adult representative and one student representative.

Elections will be conducted based on the procedure outlined in Article VI and Article XXIV.


Electing the 2024-25 Board

Candidates can will be running for the various positions: president, secretary, treasurer, TOC director, and outreach directors (reporting, curriculum, public relations). See their candidate statements in the NPDL membership elections’ folder.

Recently, the Board voted to push back elections two weeks; just for this year, they will take place during the Spring voting period on May 15-21, 2024.

To vote in Board elections, your school must have registered for NPDL membership by mid-March.

The roster of representatives who will be eligible to vote in the election must be finalized by May 6. To change a representative, please have your school supervisor or school representative email npdl.board+secretary@gmail.com. The email notice must CC the school supervisor, the old representative being removed (if applicable), the new representative being designated (if applicable), and the other representative of the school (if there is one).

All deadlines are 11:59PM (Pacific time).

Any adult high school graduate may run for a Board position.

Information about how to vote will be emailed out to all school representatives.

Inspectors of this year’s election are Xavier Liu and Charles Schletzbaum.

Deadlines for candidates

April 19: Statements of Interest due to npdl.elections@gmail.com. The Statement of Interest must list at least one, but no more than three Board positions the person is interested in. A Statement of Interest does not constitute a definite commitment to run in the election, but is a required step for anyone who does want to run (see XXIV.2).

April 28: Candidacy declarations due to npdl.elections@gmail.com. No person may run for more than one Board position (see VI.3.C). Each candidacy must consist of a single person (see V.2.C).

May 3: Candidate statements due to npdl.elections@gmail.com (see XXIV.4.B).

All deadlines are 11:59PM (Pacific time).

Board Member Duties

Duties of all Board members

  • attend monthly Board meetings (see XXVII.1)

  • familiarize themselves with league rules (see V.10.I)

President (see XXVII.6)
↖one Board seat, elected through Instant Runoff Voting

  • chair monthly Board meetings

  • communicate with tournament directors

  • maintain the tournament calendar

Secretary (see XVII.7)
↖one Board seat, elected through Instant Runoff Voting

  • take minutes at member and Board meetings

  • maintain the member roster

  • keep the bylaws up to date

  • send updates to the league membership

Treasurer (see XXVII.8)
↖one Board seat, elected through Instant Runoff Voting

  • manage league finances

  • report on the finances to the membership

TOC Director (see XXVII.9)
↖one Board seat, elected through Instant Runoff Voting

  • organize the NPDL Tournament of Champions

Outreach Directors (see XVII.10-13)
↖three Board seats, elected through Single Transferable Vote

  • maintain NPDL rankings, resolutions database, and round recordings database

  • develop Parli debate curriculum

  • oversee public relations

Written Ballot

Concurrently with the Board elections, NPDL will be sending out a Written Ballot to vote on proposals.