Board Nominations and Elections 2024
Introduction
UK Ultimate board positions are held for three years, with resignations done on a rolling basis.
Firstly, we would like to extend huge thanks to all of the current UKU Board members for their expertise, hard work and support throughout their time on the board.
The following board member positions (current board member in brackets) are now due for renewal:
Director for Safeguarding (Anna Trebble)
University Coordinator (Emily Powell)
Without Portfolio (Tom Abrams)
Current board members are permitted to re-apply, but Emily Powell has confirmed that she is definitely stepping down from her role. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Emily for all of her hard work and support both for University Ultimate and as a board member over the last few years.
Please also note the following:
There are 12 board member positions.
The Director for Safeguarding role is now appointed rather than elected.
Board elections will be run with the requirement that there should be a minimum of 5 female-identifying and 5 male-identifying board members, with the following clarification on the procedure:
Individuals are free to stand for more than one role, and should indicate their preference for those roles in order.
The roles will be filled in the following order: Director for Safeguarding, University Coordinator, Without-portfolio.
If the outcome for any of the roles could result in a gender balance that does not meet the required gender-balance requirement, then candidates for one or more named or without portfolio positions may be restricted, or nominations re-opened, in order to maintain the balance.
We also have a number of vacant positions across the University, Competition and Spirit of the Game committees - please look out for further announcements coming soon.
Background and Roles Information
Interested candidates are encouraged to familiarise themselves with relevant information on the website, and in particular:
Board members are company directors of UK Ultimate Ltd. This link provides some more information about what this entails.
Please contact Si Hill (si.hill@ukultimate.com) if you would like to discuss what is involved in more detail, although of course other UKU staff and board members will undoubtedly also be happy to discuss the roles directly if you ask them.
Nominations Are Open Now
Timescales for this process are as follows:
Wed 2nd Oct: Nominations open
Sun 10th Nov: Nominations close
W/c 11th Nov: Online voting opens / Safeguarding selection process
Sun 24th Nov: Online voting ends
W/c 25th Nov: Results announced
If you would like to stand, please send an email to admin@ukultimate.com with the following details by 23:59 on Sunday 10th November.
Your name, email and mobile number.
Please indicate your gender in your own terms.
The role(s) for which you are standing, including your preference if you have one.
A short “manifesto”- essentially a statement that we will publish alongside the election that you can use to describe your relevant skills, qualifications, experience and reasons for wanting to join the UKU board. In order to provide some standardisation we suggest these are no more than 300 words long. If you are finding this overly restrictive please let us know.
A headshot that we can publish on the website to help other members to recognise you during the election.