28 Feb Call for Nominations for CHNIG Executive 2012-2013
Elections are held each year at the AGM as required. This year we have openings for: Communications: Secretary; Communications: Website and Newsletter; Professional Practice: Home Health; Research, Education and Professional Development Co-Lead; and Student Representative(s).
Candidates for office shall be nominated in writing, and delivered to the President or Past President up until one week prior to the CHNIG Annual General Meeting. Candidates for office may be nominated from the floor provided they are present or have submitted a candidate’s statement in writing. Nominations must be accompanied by the signatures of at least two CHNIG members who support the nomination. Nominees will submit a letter outlining their interest in the position. Candidates nominated from the floor may present their statements verbally.
The following is a description of the positions:
- Secretary
- Keep records of all proceedings of the CHNIG including a record of all meetings of the CHNIG and Executive Committee.
- Cause to be sent a copy of the minutes of any such meeting to the Executive Committee members, ex-officio members and the association office.
- Maintain a list of Executive members’ contact information.
- Develop and produce letterhead.
- Distribute and ensure annual completion of, an Accountability Agreement by all new executive committee members.
- Maintain a master file of active, original Accountability Agreements.
- Communication (Website, Newsletter)
- Monitor and maintain the CHNIG Facebook Page
- Produce, distribute where necessary, and post the CHNIG Newsletter on the website.
- Assess and provide for communication needs of members re: CHNIG goals, surveys.
- Ensure CHNIG website is current, maintained and responsive to communication needs of CHNIG membership.
- Develop, in collaboration with the Policy and Political Action team leader, external media releases re: CHNIG and Community Health Nurse (CHNs) in collaboration with RNAO home office.
- Assist and support other teams in communicating about issues to the membership and the community at large.
- Collaborate with the Association home office to distribute email communications to the membership.
- Represent CHNIG on related committees as requested by the President or Executive Committee.
- Professional Practice (Home Health Nursing)
- Monitor developments in community health/home health nursing practice.
- Develop position statements and practice papers on community health nursing practice as necessary.
- Give input into RNAO on nursing practice issues as they relate to CHNs.
- Represent CHNIG on related committees as requested by the President or Executive Committee
- Research, Education and Professional Development (co-lead)
- Monitor developments in research and education pertaining to community health nursing, including the ongoing education of CHNs.
- Receive applications for and lead the process for the selection of bursary, scholarships, awards and grant recipients (advertise, review applications, make selections). Joint responsibility with Member Benefits.
- Develop position statements on research and education issues in community health nursing as necessary.
- Provide input to RNAO on research and education issues related to community health nursing.
- Represent CHNIG on committees related to community health nursing research and education, and as requested by the President or Executive Committee.
- Student Representative
- Bring the student perspective to the discussion of community health issues.
- Promote CHNIG and RNAO¹s perspectives, links, resources and awards to peers in nursing programs.
- Work with other Executive members to respond to community health nursing educational issues.
- Liaise with other student nursing associations, in particular, the Ontario Regional Director of the Canadian Nursing Students¹ Association (CNSA) and the Provincial Nursing Students¹ Interest Group (Nursing Students of Ontario-NSO) on a regular basis.
- Contribute the student column for the newsletter and CHNIG website.
Contacts: Jennifer Tonn, President-Elect and Chair of Nominations atjennifer.tonn@smdhu.org or Katie Dilworth, President atkdilworth@gmail.com