Registration as the Candidates of 15th UMPA Leaders According to Paragraph 1, Article 37 of the University of Macau Postgraduate Association (UMPA) Constitution, the Election Committee starts to accept the application of candidates as the leaders of the 15th UMPA. The candidates must be eligible as the followings:
1. According to the related rules in the UMPA Constitution and Election Committee, the candidates for the cabinets should fulfill the following requirements：
(1) Members of the UMPA;
(2) Eligible to be elected;
(3) Upholding the UMPA Constitution;
(4) All the members of the candidates must be the members of the Preparatory Committee of Hou Keang Symposium.
(5) The key members of the candidates (President of the General Assembly, Director General of the Board of Directors, Supervisor) must have some working experience in the association. They must have participated in the activities organized by their respective departments, and participated at least two activities organized by the committees this year (2019 New Students Welcome Carnival, 2019 Greater Bay Area Postgraduate Youth Summit, 2020 Hou Keang Symposium).
2. Each candidates should submit the political platform, an introduction of promotion, budget, sample of promotion materials, and student card copies of the members (all in A4 size).
3. The candidates should submit the application form with the necessary documents, which are required as the above to umpa.electbd@um.edu.mo before 24:00 April 23th . Please remark the following as the subject of the email “The application of candidates to the 15th Management Board of UMPA - Election of General Assembly and Board of Directors” or “ The Application of candidates to the 15th Management Board of UMPA - Election of Supervisory Board”. Late submission will not be accepted.
4. The introduction and samples of promotion of admitted candidates can be revised or increased with the permission of Election Committee. The Election Committee must be informed to put on records for reference.
5. Schedule of election is followed：
Tentative Election Agenda | Items |
18nd , April to 23th ,April | Accept the nomination as the candidates |
19th , April (14:00-16:00) | Online Public question-and-answer session for the application |
24th , April | Announcement of “verification of admissibility of nominated candidates” |
By 27th , April | Raise objection to the “verification of admissibility of nominated candidates” |
2 weeks after the first day of full class resumption (for at least 10 days)* | Period of Campaigning |
Within the period of campaigning, exact day to be announced* | Work Report of 14th UMPA, and Political Platform Q&A Plenary of nominated candidates |
Right after the period of Campaigning (for 2 days)* | Cooling-off period |
First working day after the end of Cooling-off period (for 2 working days)* | Election Period |
Accounting votes right after the end of Election Period* | Announcement of election result |
Within 5 days after the announcement of election result* | Objection to the election result |
*Note: Due to the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, other election arrangements, including the campaigning and election period are subject to final announcement.
President of the Election committee of UMPA
LIN Ziqi
15/04/2020 |