2009 Election Day

The general elections for 2009will be held on Monday April 27, at 12:00pm-12:50 in Sondheim 206.
The deadline for nominations is April 20, and a introduction of Nominees will be held in the meeting absentee ballots also will be given out this day. There is a week period for those who can't be present on the election day to cast their vote. Absentee ballots have to be dropped in the PSA mailbox in Commons Building second floor. All absentee ballots have to arrive to the organization mailbox by 11:00am on Monday April 27, in order for them to be counted. For those who want to cast their votes at the election time, there will be ballots available at the meeting.
Please contact PSA to nominate yourself for any of the positions listed below. You can also see the list of nominees for those positions. There are no special requirement for nominations other than active participation in PSA meetings and/or events. You can learn more about the PSA election by reviewing the PSA Constitution and By-laws

List of nominations:
For President:
- Suni Shah
- Hessam Majd

For Vice-President:
- Neloufar Sultanzadeh

For Coresponding Secretary:
- Helya Ghaffari

For Treasurer:
- Yousef Yousefian

For Public Relations Officer:
- Shayda Kheradmand
- Dawood Tafti
- Pejman Pashai

Recording Secretary:
- Kimya Ghaderi

Human Resource Officer:
- Amanda Mandana Golshiri

Election Results:
Due to several violations during the election, the result of the election was disbuted. A group of PSA members signed a petition asking for a re-election. The outgoing board decided that there was no time for re-election and therefore no action was taken. During the summer the Office of Student Life was contacted to act as a mediator to bring all parties to the table for talk. However such meeting never took place meanwhile several officers also resigned from their positions which made a re-election inevitiable. A group of members then decided to form a temporary board to revise the constitution and also to hold an election in late September. The temporary Board would contain anyone who is interested in participation, Until the new board takes office. The date and time of the election was picked and all information was sent to the members.

PSA 2009 Re-Election

The re-election date is set for Monday October 5, during the free hour (12:00pm-1:00pm) in the Public Policy room 208.

The deadline for nominations is September 21. No nominations will be accepted after the deadline. The general meeting on Monday September 28, and absentee ballots will be givent out. Each member who wants to cast an absentee vote must sign and recieve an absentee ballot. All absentee ballots must arrive at the PSA mailbox in commons second floor prior to the election time in order to be counted.

To recieve an absentee ballot please call or text Arya Rasouli at (443) 527-8722.

You can cast your absentee vote by dropping your ballot in the PSA mailbox #49 at the commons second floor, student mailbox area.

List of nominations:

President:

Hessam Majd: Experiences in film and international student organization, want to make PSA experience “more joyful for Iranians and non Iranians.”

Vice-President:

Amanda Mandana Golshiri She has been in PSA since freshman year. Has been involved in board for the past four years. Hoping to create more activities for this year other than the two big ones.

CorrespondingSecretary:

Helya Ghaffari: In PSA since freshman year. MC for Yalda in 2008. Corresponding Secretary for the temporary board. Hoping to do some new events and improve past events.

Treasurer:

Farzad Sadeghi-Tohidi

Kimeya Ghaderi: Has been involved in PSA since freshman year. Wants to start getting the budget going, and getting on top of things because of all the deadlines. Is open to any ideas and to making it happen monetarily.

PublicRelationsOfficer:

Shaydah Kheradmand: Experience in International Clubs and with dancing. Came to UMBC and got involved in PSA. Was a volunteer for the past events and involved in the Dance Team. Has correspondents at CP and GW and can help to create a good relationship with those school’s Persian organizations.

Navid Goudarzi: Has experience being public relation with a magazine organization. Was in charge of responsibilities during his timewith that organization such as setting up seminars, student competitions, and also was a tour guide in Iran.

RecordingSecretary:

Michael Rahimi: Junior, IS major. Has been attending PSA events for some time. Thinks people are the essence of the organization especially in the idea to promote cultural diversity. Believes its time for people who have sat and observed to begin leading. Has been involved in events in DC and GW.

HumanResourceOfficer:

Amir Harandi

Daniel Danji: Although wasn’t an official board member, was around them enough learn alot about how board functions. Has also seen the drama and trouble it's caused, but would like to make things more fun and efficient. Seen that even with all the negative things that happened, we still had successful events, and would really like to build up on that. Is involved in Pre-Law Society, and other honors society.

Ava Omidvar Worked as a volunteer fire fighter. Has been to Iran so is aware of what’s going on in Iran and its culture. Would like to bring the knowledge to the campus. Was involved in PSA in previous years. Would really like to make it fun, make the meetings fun, and have a lot of stuff for our events. Really wants to promote the Persian culture.

Melissa Amezquita: Has become familirized with the Persian culture since she was a child. PSA was the first student organization she joined. Thinks that it is really important (although it is a small group) to share the rich culture with all. Has been involved in the dance group and loves learning more about Persian heritage. Thinks that if she can get involved, she can definitely get more people interested too.

Election Results:

The Following people have been elected for the 2009-2010 office:
• Hessam Majd (President)
• Amanda Mandana Golshiri (Vice-President)
• Kimeya Ghaderi (Treasurer)
• Helya Ghaffari (Corresponding Secretary)
• Michael Rahimi (Recording Secretary)
• Shaydah Kheradmand (Public Relations Officer)
• Daniel Danji (Human Resource Officer)

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