Voting Portal Open for SIA Board of Directors Spot

Member clubs in SIA’s Eastern Canada Region (Electoral Area 2), Japan Higashi Region (Electoral Area 4), Mexico/Centroamerica Region (Electoral Area 6), Philippines Region (Electoral Area 7), Japan Chuo Region (Electoral Area 8) and Camino Real, Desert Coast, and Golden West Regions (Electoral Area 9) who are in good standing have the opportunity to participate in the electronic ballot to elect a member to the SIA Board of Directors in their electoral area.
 
The voting portal will be open from Wednesday, October 30 until 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 2.
 

Electronic Voting

Soroptimist International of the Americas, Inc.® will open the electronic ballot portal for electoral area voting on Wednesday, October 30. If your club is in good standing on that day, your club will receive a unique personalized link sent to the @soroptimist.net club email address. The email will come from the address “vote@ simplyvoting.com”. This link cannot be transferred or used by another club. It is authentic to your club, allows entrance to the voting portal and ensures your club only votes once in the election. 

Information on how to access your club’s @soroptimist.net email is available on the SIA website if your club has not accessed your club email previously.
 

Club Voting

The resumes for all the electoral area candidates are now available for your club to review on the SIA website
 
Please have your club review all resumes before entering the voting portal. When your club is ready to cast its vote, click your club’s authenticated link received in the club email and enter the portal.
 
When considering the candidates, please review the Board Position Description on the SIA website.  

SIA Procedures

Candidates for federation elected positions are not permitted to campaign, and individuals or clubs are not permitted to campaign on behalf of any candidate. Please refer to SIA Procedure A. General 2., if your club has any questions about what constitutes campaigning. Any violations of this procedure should be reported to Headquarters immediately.
 
If you have any questions regarding the ballot, please contact SIA headquarters by email at siahq@soroptimist.org. Thank you for participating in this important governing process of SIA.

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