DION@Trondheim and DION@Gjøvik 2018 Annual General Meeting & Board Election
UPDATES on the elections 2018/2019
19/04/2018 More candidates added
18/04/2018 More candidates added
16/04/2018 More candidates added
15/04/2018 Candidates short bio and motivation can be read here CANDIDATES 2018
13/04/2018 Candidates for president and board have been added
12/04/2018 The agenda is now available Agenda-AGM 2018
12/04/2018 The election procedures are established by the current board
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All PhD students, post-docs and temporary scientific employees at NTNU are invited to attend DION’s Annual General Meeting!
Meet other young researchers and hear what DION has focused on over the last year and what DION can offer for you. We have invited speakers from NTNU IT and Forskerforbundet to inform us about IT services for PhDs and the role of trade unions for academic employees. A detailed program of the event will be posted shortly.
Are you interested interested in a leadership position representing around 3000 of your colleagues? The AGM will include an election for a new board for 2018-2019. We encourage all interested PhD candidates, post-docs and temporary scientific employees from across NTNU to consider joining! Candidates will each introduce themselves briefly, and a president and at least four board members will be elected by fellow meeting attendees (including remote voting options for employees not in the AGM).
The agenda is can be downloaded from here:
Election Procedures for DION 2018/19
The Board election opens on April 19th after candidates have presented themselves. Final deadline for voting is same day, April 19th, minimum 60 minutes after opening. Board members are compensated and elected for one year at the time.
Cast your vote in the electronic election system Valg Web: https://innsida.ntnu.no/valg
To be elected: Temporary scientific employees (1 president + up to 7 board members)
Requirements to become a candidate:
Be employed at NTNU as a temporary scientific employee (such as PhD student and Post-doc) and have a contract for at least 1 year more.
Send your short application including name, affiliation short bio and motivation (1 page max) to post@dion.ntnu.no preferably in advance of the elections and up to time before the announcement of the candidates during the AGM. Alternatively, contact the board during the AGM before the announcement of the candidates.
At the AGM, candidates will have the opportunity to present themselves. Candidates for board will have 1 minute to present, candidates for president 2 minutes.
If you cannot be physically present at the AGM, you could send a short video (1-2 min max) motivating your election as a board member.
For the president position, Norwegian proficiency is required.
Voting procedures:
You can vote for up to one candidate for president and up to seven for board members.
The voting will be done in accordance in NTNU voting system (Valg Web).
The votes are weighted by dividing the total of Number 1 rankings by 1, the total of Number 2 rankings by 3, the total of Number 3 rankings by 5, the total number of Number 4 rankings by 7, etc.
The total of the weighted numbers of votes determines who is elected as a member.
In case of tie for the position of president or board member, a new round(s) of election is(are) done between those candidates until one gets elected.
According to the DION Statutes (p. 2.4), it is a goal of the organization to achieve a good diversity and gender balance between members of the board if possible.
Candidates (in order of application):
For more information about the candidates please see this page:
For President 2018/2019:
For DION Board 2018/2019:
Chris Carr
Elena Catto
Information on the 2 simultaneous AGM events
AGM in Trondheim (main event):
https://www.facebook.com/events/1811475369158711/
AGM in Gjøvik (broadcast)
https://www.facebook.com/events/590323774654212/
Tapas will be served at the meeting for registered attendees.
Register by 13th April 2018 (registration is binding see facebook events)
We have a limited amount of food offered, so hurry up with the registration! If you missed the deadline for registration, you’re still welcome to attend the meeting, but food may not be offered.
Help us to spread the word about this event among your colleagues!