Dear Classmates:
Every five years, at the time of reunions, Yale College Classes may decide to elect new Class officers if they so choose. Nominations and elections are conducted by email in advance of the reunion so that all classmates may participate in the election process whether or not they are able to attend the reunion.
Your current Class Officers, Andy Kaufman and Bill Primps, have indicated that they will be running again.
If you would like to nominate someone other than your current officers for these positions, please click here to submit a nomination.
The deadline for submission is April 10, 2021. Questions? Please email jennifer.julier@yale.edu.
While the governance of each class is determined by that class and by any by-laws established by the class officers & class council, the Yale Alumni Association (YAA) has some general guidelines on the duties of the officers as suggested “best practices.”
Secretary & Treasurer together:
• Primary responsibility for all class activities and communications
• Engaging classmate volunteers in service to the class and the University including recruitment of classmates to plan various class activities between reunions
• Participating in strategic planning for the class with the YAA
• Serving as liaisons between the class and the University
• Organization of a Class Council and/or executive committee
• Attending Fall YAA Assembly and Convocation in New Haven on the weekend of the last home football game in November (v. Harvard or Princeton)
• Compliance with IRS regulations and University recommendations regarding the class’ annual tax filing (done by the University) and status as a 501c(3) organization
Secretary primary responsibility:
• Appointing reunion chairs and assisting chairs in planning reunion
• Writing Class notes six times a year for the Yale Alumni Magazine or appointing a corresponding secretary
Treasurer primary responsibility:
• Management of the class treasury
• Soliciting annual dues from classmates (usually 2 solicitation letters per year) and thanking classmates for dues contributions by way of monthly postcards
• Approving class financial transactions, including volunteer reimbursements, or in some cases both officers for larger amounts, such as subsidies for 5-year reunions.
Self-nominations are welcome, as are nominations of classmates you would like to see fill these positions. If you are nominating a classmate, please confirm with them that they are willing to run before returning the nomination form. Any nominations for co-officers should be made jointly. If you have any questions about the role of a Class Secretary or Class Treasurer, please feel free to be in contact with Jennifer Julier, at jennifer.julier@yale.edu | (203) 436-8014.
Candidates will be asked to submit a maximum 150-word statement of candidacy for the ballot. The election ballot with confirmed candidates will be sent to all classmates via email or mail this spring, prior to reunion. For this election, the class officers have adopted the YAA’s recommended guideline that ballots with candidacy statements be the only materials distributed to classmates about the election. Using this guideline helps to ensure that all classmates receive the same information at the same time and that the election will be fair, with no cause for concerns over what level of campaigning is expected or appropriate. Therefore, you are asked to not send materials about the election to classmates separate from the ballot mailing prepared by the YAA. The results will be announced later this spring.
Click here to submit your nomination. In order to complete the election process in a timely fashion, we ask that you submit nominations by April 10, 2021.