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Voter participation is broken down as follows.
Northeast/Canada Region: 272 Votes out of 658 Eligible Voters (41%)
Southeast Region: 286 Votes out of 693 Eligible Voters (41%)
Midwest Region: 312 Votes out of 776 Eligible Voters (40%)
West/Southwest Region: 311 Votes out of 841 Eligible Voters (37%)
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| APPNA BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTIONS 2018 |
| INTRODUCTION The Board of Trustee (BOT) acts as overseers and the custodian of the organization. It consists of 11 members, of which eight (8) are elected and three (3) are ex-officio. APPNA Nomination and Elections Committee (NEC) is conducting elections for 4 new BOT members under the amended bylaws of 2018. One (1) Trustee will be elected from each region (see the regional map of APPNA). Each newly elected Trustee will serve a 4-year term (Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2022). . The four (4) previous BOT members may assume a new 2- year transitional term as senior Trustees from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020, if they opt in upon request. This one-time transition process was approved by the Council in its Spring Meeting 2018. If they do not wish to serve the above term, then their vacancies may be filled by the new BOT election per amended bylaws. . There shall be no more than one board member from one Alumni Association at any given time from one region. Applicant/s belonging to the Alumni of an existing trustee’s Alma Mater, will not be eligible for election from respective region. |
Following are the list of candidates for each region.
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Hyder Alam, MD
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Habib Chotani, MD
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Muhammad Rizwan Khalid, MD
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Joseph Emmanuel, MD
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Qazi Kamal Haider, MD
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Hameed Peracha, MD
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Ariba Khan, MD
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Durdana Gilani, MD
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Sarwat Azma Iqbal, MD
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Farid Ullah Qazi, MD
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Naeem Khan, MD
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Shahid Latif, MD
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Salman Malik, MD
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Shahid Farooq Usmani, MD
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Tahir Latif, MD
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Dawood Nasir, MD
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Danish Saeed, MD
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Manzoor Tariq, MD
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Asaf Qadeer, MD
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| REGIONS |
| There shall be no more than one board member from one Alumni Association at any given time from one region. Applicant/s belonging to the Alumni of an existing trustee’s Alma Mater, will not be eligible for election from respective region. |
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Candidates for Northeast/Canada Region
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Hyder Alam, MD New York Liaquat BioData Personal Statement |
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Qazi Kamal Haider, MD New York Sindh BioData Personal Statement |
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Sarwat Azma Iqbal, MD Pennsylvania Fatima Jinnah BioData Personal Statement |
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Salman Malik, MD New Hampshire Stony Brook BioData Personal Statement |
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Danish Saeed, MD Pennsylvania DOW BioData |
| Members in the Northeast/Canada region from Nishtar Alumi are not eligible to run in 2018 election. |
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Candidates for Southeast Region
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Habib Chotani, MD Virginia Aga Khan BioData Personal Statement |
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Hameed Peracha, MD Virginia DOW BioData Personal Statement |
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Farid Ullah Qazi, MD Georgia DOW Personal Statement |
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Shahid Farooq Usmani, MD Florida Caribbean BioData |
| Members in the Southeast region from Fatima Jinnah or King Edward Alumi are not eligible to run in 2018 election. |
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Candidates for Midwest Region
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Muhammad Rizwan Khalid, MD Missouri Aga Khan BioData Personal Statement |
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Ariba Khan, MD Wisconsin Allama Iqbal BioData Personal Statement |
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Naeem Khan, MD Illinois Khyber BioData Personal Statement |
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Tahir Latif, MD Ohio Allama Iqbal BioData Personal Statement |
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Manzoor Tariq, MD Missouri Quaid-e-Azam BioData |
| Overseas APPNA members (out of North America) must choose an APPNA region to vote in BOT elections 2018. Such members are sent an email to make a choice. If choice is not received by APPNA office by 5:00 PM CST on November 8, 2018, such members will be allotted to the Midwest region where APPNA central office is located. No change will be allowed after the deadline. |
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Candidates for West/Southwest Region
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Joseph Emmanuel, MD California Sindh BioData Personal Statement |
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Durdana Gilani, MD California King Edward BioData Personal Statement |
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Shahid Latif, MD California Nishtar BioData Personal Statement |
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Dawood Nasir, MD Texas Quaid-e-Azam BioData |
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Asaf Qadeer, MD Texas King Edward BioData |
| Members in the West & Southwest region from DOW Alumi are not eligible to run in 2018 election. |
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| ELIGIBILITY In order to serve as a BOT member, one must be an active APPNA member for five (5) consecutive years or total of at least eight (8) years. Such members should have served at least as one of the following; President of an APPNA component society, APPNA Executive Committee, chair APPNA standing committee for 2 years, chair APPNA annual summer meeting, chair/President of a Professional Medical Society or chair/President of Medical Staff of a Hospital. . Other members could be eligible if they have served as President of an APPNA affiliated Subspecialty Society conducting its business as defined in APPNA bylaws or chaired APPNA spring or fall meeting provided such members have also served as the chair of a standing committee of APPNA for at least one year at another time. |
| INELIGIBILITY: A member will be deemed ineligible if removed from an office, trustee or leadership position on grounds of dishonesty or if a person has been convicted and/or imprisoned. |
| ELECTION PROCESS: An eligible member may self-nominate him/her-self. Alternatively, 3 active members from respective region can nominate another eligible APPNA member. All nominated members must complete a notarized application. In order to have a name on the candidate ballot, all applicants must pass eligibility and ineligibility criteria. There is no limit to the number of candidates. NEC will conduct elections. The election must be completed by NEC within 45 days or sooner after Executive Committee (EC) elections. Any campaigning for BOT elections is strictly prohibited and will be ground for disqualification. |
| TIMELINE: November 12, 2018 – Complete notarized application, bio and supportive documents must be received by the NEC by 5:00 PM CST on November 12, 2018, by mail, fax or scanned copy via email as below. |
| November 16, 2018 – The ballot delivery begins on or before this date and may include any and all means. One mail letter with voting credentials will be sent to membership. Voting will be by electronic method only. |
| December 2, 2018 – Voting deadline will be 11:59 PM CST on December 2, 2018. |
| December 3, 2018 – Results will be declared. |
| Mailing Address: APPNA 6414 South Cass Avenue Westmont, IL 60559 Fax: (630) 968-8677 Email: [email protected] |
| BOT Candidate Application
This is a self-nomination process, you do not have to be nominated by another member. Complete notarized application, bio and supportive documents must be received by the NEC by 5:00 PM CST on November 12, 2018 (by mail, fax or scanned copy via email as below).
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| BOT Candidate Nomination Form
Other than self-nomination, 3 active members of a respective region can nominate another eligible APPNA member. This is an optional process. All nominees will still need to complete the BOT Candidate Application. |
| Mailing Address: APPNA 6414 South Cass Avenue Westmont, IL 60559 Fax: (630) 968-8677 Email: [email protected] |
The new bylaws prohibit electioneering (16.4.7) for the Board of Trustees (BOT) elections. All candidates have signed for a campaign free election at the risk of disqualification.
Reporting a Campaign Violation
Electioneering includes but is not limited to letters, phone calls, emails, texts, faxes and social media postings by candidate or her/his supporters. To protect members against such activities, Nomination and Election Committee (NEC) has offered membership the facility to report such violations at the following link.
https://appna.org/form-to-file-campaign-violation-for-bot-elections/ (Disabled)
Alternatively, you can report directly via email at [email protected]. We encourage all members to report any such campaign violation.
Disciplinary Actions
Whereas direct campaigning by a candidate is ground for immediate disqualification, indirect campaign through supporters is also strictly prohibited. If a supporter is shown to be campaigning, the candidate may be fined up to $1000 and will be responsible to stop the supporter from any further campaigning. If the supporter continues to campaign, it will be grounds for disqualification of the candidate at the discretion of NEC. The supporter may also incur warning, fines and loss of voting rights as determined by NEC.
Let’s Build a New Culture of a Professional Society
We are optimistic that this campaign free election will sow the seed of a new culture of professionalism in APPNA elections. We hope you will support this effort by participation through voting for the best candidates and by reporting any campaign violations.
We are very excited to see the enthusiasm of membership to serve the Association as noted by the large number of candidates. The new bylaws have provided opportunities to eligible APPNA members from all Alumni (big and small). It is heartening to see participation by women members as well as American graduate/s.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Report Campaign Violations” tab_id=”1543250624060-a4c07cc8-d3b4″][vc_column_text]Election Completed[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tour][/vc_column][/vc_row]
