Update: We are pleased to announce that Braeden Caley has been selected as the new Vice-President. Thank you to all the applicants.

The LPCBC has extended the deadline for applications for the vacant LPCBC Executive position of Vice-President until 5pm, Thursday, August 2nd, 2012.

To download the application form please click the link LPCBC Appointment Form

Please send all completed applications to Teresa Sims (teresa.sims@lpcbc.com) , Nominations Chair, no later than 5:00pm on Thursday, August, 2nd . In order for an application to be accepted as complete, it must include a resume, application and statement of intent.

Information on this position including responsibilities to the board, can be found in the LPCBC Constitution under Chapter 6, subsection 30, article 2:

(2) The Party Vice-President is responsible to –

(a) assist the Party President as required;

(b) assume the duties of the Party President in the Party President’s absence, or if there is a vacancy in the office of the Party President;and

In the event that the Vice-President has to assume the duties of the President, those duties are:

(1) The Party President is a member of all committees of the Party except the Party Nominations Committee, and is responsible to –

(a) preside at meetings of the Party Executive and at conventions of the Party;

(b) supervise the affairs of the Party and be responsible for the administration of the Party;

(c) send notice of the date and place of the next biennial general convention of the Party to all members of the B.C. Federal Liberal Council within 18 months of the conclusion of the last biennial general convention of the Party;

(d) ensure that potential candidates of the Liberal Party of Canada for election to Parliament are advised of the legal requirements for candidacy;

(e) attend meetings of the national executive of the Liberal Party of Canada or ensure that a nominee attends on their behalf; and

(f) attend as a delegate at national conventions of the Liberal Party of Canada.

http://bc.liberal.ca/files/2010/05/constitution.pdf

To be eligible for an appointment to the Party Executive, all persons must

(a) be a member of the Party in good standing;

(b) deliver to the Party Nominations Chair, in care of Party Headquarters, no later than 5:00 pm on Thursday, August 2nd, a written nomination, statement of intent (which should not exceed 200 words) and resume.

Once the deadline for applications has expired, a Nominations Committee composed of 7 members, including the Nominations Chair and President, will review the applications and determine a short-list of potential applicants to bring forward to the Board. Short-listed applicants will be required to compose a letter (not to exceed 2 pages in length) to the executive, further stating their qualifications, intentions to seek an Executive position and any additional information they would like the Executive to consider.
To download the application form please click the link LPCBC Appointment Form

Applications will be accepted via email or dropped off at the LPCBC headquarters at 460 – 580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 2B6.