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Here's an update on #IEEE's realignment plan for its regions and its impact on the organization's elections. https://lnkd.in/ezNfQ5Zc

Ballina Chamber launches Local & EU Election Manifesto. Ballina Chamber has unveiled its Local and EU Election Manifestos, urging candidates to adopt bold visions for Ballina’s long-term growth and prosperity. With the elections set for June, Ballina Chamber is emphasizing the need for ambitious strategies to address key challenges. Through our recent Chamber business survey ‘Raising the issues that matter to you – Ballina Chamber Members & Business Community,’ our members have rasied many issues affecting their business and the long term development of Ballina and North Mayo, and ask candidates: What will you do to support business grow and prosper ? How do you see out area developing over the next 5 years ? What are the key opportunities and threats for Ballina and the wider municipal district ? Mary Moyles, President of Ballina Chamber says: "This is a very challenging time for businesses to operate and we must ensure every opportunity is afforded to businesess in Ballina to remain open for business. “ Read more at this link https://lnkd.in/d27v-Ufj Photo Caption – Pictured (l-r) at the launch of Ballina Chamber Local and EU Election Manifestos are Cliona Campion, Ballina Chamber Treasurer; Mary Moyles, Ballina Chamber President; Shane Hughes, Policy & Research Chambers Ireland & Mags Downey Martin CEO Ballina Chamber. #localelections2024 #ballina2024 #EuropeanElections2024 #Localelections #Ballina

📢 Attention, PMI New Hampshire Chapter members! Elections for 2024-2026 Board of Director positions officially opened this morning and will remain active through Saturday, June 15th, at 11:59 PM ET. 💡 Did you know that each of the chapter's 802 members receives a unique ballot to participate in the chapter election process? Please be sure to keep an eye on your e-mail junk folder(s) and add "noreply@eballot.com" to your safe sender's list. PMI utilizes this service to manage chapter elections. 🔥 We've got some great candidates on this year's ballot! We're also still seeking a VP of Marketing and encourage voters to write in interested and qualified candidates. Are you social media savvy? Do you enjoy identifying and following through on new partnerships and sponsorship opportunities? We'd love your help! ❓ Interested in learning more about BoD and/or volunteer positions? Have questions about your ballot or the voting process? Drop us a note: past-president@pmi-nh.org. 🔨 Chapter leadership has been hard at work improving the membership experience and finding new and more meaningful ways to deliver value to our members. We look forward to this next two-year term with eager anticipation and welcome all members to provide feedback and become involved and engaged in the chapter. Remember, this is OUR chapter, and it certainly takes a village to keep it running. ⭐ Please be sure to complete and submit your ballot within the next two weeks. Your participation is vitally important to our chapter's future! #PMINH #PMIChapterElections #VolunteerOpportunities #NHProjectManagers #NHNonProfits #UseYourVoice

Last chance to vote is Tuesday 25 June …   On May 24th, GBTA members would have received an email from GBTA Elections (gbtahelp@mg.electionservicescorp.com). However, this may have gone into your spam filter. You must use this email to vote – it only takes a couple of minutes so please check your Spam and your inbox as I know how things can get lost.   For reference, there are 6 positions up for election: The following Board of Director positions are up for vote in the 2024 Election:    ·      Two (2) Director-at-Large (Direct Member) ·      One (1) Regional Director – European (Direct Member) ·      Three (3) Director-at-Large (Allied Member)   You can review the candidates and their platform statements at https://lnkd.in/duU9dk4h  Please also vote regarding the By-law change, which proposes the creation of LATAM and APAC regional seats on the Board which is a massive change that is well needed. Please note: All GBTA members both buyer and supplier, regardless of location, are eligible to vote for all open positions The way to vote is via a personal link on an email which was sent from Election Services If you haven’t received an email,  check your spam folders. If not found, contact Election Services Corp. by email gbtahelp@electionservicescorp.com    Please be willing to send on to your networks as well, so that we can close out this election with a record setting response rate!

Attention all Saskatonians.... Saskatoon will be experiencing a significant change with the upcoming civic election. We will not only have a new mayor, but we will also have five new city councillors.   Unlike past elections, we are not aware of any pre-election panel discussions with all candidates offered this year. In the past, these panels provided constituents an opportunity to get to know who is running for the position of councillor, and to learn about their interests and objectives. However, the NSBA (North Sask Business Association – of which I serve on their board of directors) together with the Combined Business Group, has invited all councillor candidates to participate in a networking event to provide attendees a chance to mix and mingle with them,  hear their platform, and how each candidate, if elected on November 13, intends to support the community and business.   This event will be held at TCU Place on October 24 from 4-6PM and it is FREE. Finger food will be provided so they are asking people to pre-register. It is easy to do by clicking on this link. Combined Business Group Pre-Election Candidates Event | NSBA (nsbasask.com)   Please consider attending this important event and show these prospective city councillors how much our community cares about who’s in office, as well as learn about how they plan to support their respective community and businesses.  Sadly, I will be on a plane during this event and will not be able to attend, but I feel it is important, so I wanted to share this opportunity with each of you and respectfully encourage you to attend.   Info on the candidates can be found here – however, meeting them in person and asking questions is always more valuable. https://lnkd.in/gyGHuT7M   I hope you find this information helpful and of interest.  

I’m going slightly off piste this morning… Institute and Faculty of Actuaries #IFoA #actuaries Elections. Member engagement. Let’s make this the most engaged election yet. To all election candidates (in the comments below), we have a massive opportunity here to increase member engagement. Many of you are standing because you want to help the IFoA evolve, and we need as many diverse voices with different experiences, different opinions, and different challenge on Council as possible. This way we can figure out the best way forward. I would like to see this being the highest engaged #IFoA election we’ve ever had. From my own memory, to have 24 actuaries standing for Council is the largest ever. Year | turnout | votes | min to get elected 2023 | 13.4% | 2097 | 536 2022 | 10.7% | 1550 | 434 2021 | 12.9% | 1828 | 637 2020 | 12.8% |1736 | 515 2019 | 13.4% | 1751 |482 2018 | 18.0% | 2240 | 645 2017 | 12.1% | 1428 | 390 From my own experience of standing twice, I’d suggest the following: 🗳️Play a fair game - engage all the candidates. We’re in this together, and 8 of them you will need to work with! 🗳️ Tell people why you are standing for Council. Be insightful! 🗳️ Be seen. Be seen on LinkedIn, if you can speak at conferences do. 🗳️ If you need a minimum, of say 600 votes to be elected, you will likely need to engage with 600 voting actuaries. Email them, call them, send them a message on LinkedIn/imessage/whatsapp… 🗳️Some people vote early, don’t wait until last minute. Some vote late, keep the momentum over the election month. If there are 24 of you, and you each had 600 unique votes… that’s a lot of votes and engagement!! Let’s put Council back on the map. All members who are eligible to vote will receive an email from Civica Election Services with an individual link to cast their vote. To my LinkedIn experts, any other advice you would share here? I wish you all the best of luck Kartina Tahir Thomson Kalpana Shah-Sheth Paul Sweeting Matt Saker Peter Tompkins Sandy Trust Matthew Pearlman Katie Sokolowski Mukami Njeru Hitesh Shah Sunil Sharma, FIAI FIA Oliver Bettis Dermot Grenham Cherry Chan Kudzai Chigiji Nico Aspinall Charles Cowling Matthew Edwards Simon Jones Yan Liu FFA PhD BSc Janet Moss Melanie Puri Alan J Rae Hilary Salt Xi Cynthia Yuan,

HAVE YOU VOTED YET? It only takes a few minutes. GBTA Member Exclusive Benefits -Voting for the GBTA Board of Directors elections is now open! Now is the time for all of us to make our voices heard. For GBTA to be truly global, it takes global candidates and global votes. Please vote in favor of the bylaw change! This will expand the global GBTA Board to include direct representation from LATAM and APAC, just as it does for the US, Canada, and Europe. By voting, you can help shape the direction of GBTA and our industry. It only takes a few minutes. Take a look at the Candidates here: https://lnkd.in/gWnq-H_R Didn’t receive your specific voting email link? Check your spam folders. If not found, contact Election Services Corp. by email at gbtahelp@electionservicescorp.com Questions? Contact Shane Downey at sdowney@gbta.org or Election Services Corp. by email at gbtahelp@electionservicescorp.com.

2024 Presidential Elections Around The Corner Are you prepared for what’s coming just around the corner? With the Presidential elections upon us soon, God only knows what CAOS could ensue with both Republicans and Democrats at each others throats. Just going by what happened with the last Presidential 2020 elections, WISDOM tells me to be ready. What would be the best way to prepare for what’s coming by this November??? START A BUSINESS NOW !!! NOW is the absolute best time to start an online business and produce income A.S.A.P. before the caca hits the fan. It’s way better for you to produce income online rather than depending on a paycheck during times of chaos & tribulation. ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR HISTORY! Our last elections caused many businesses and countless communities to suffer and many businesses burned & closed. Altho people have a right to protest against their political & religious rivals, these people have NO RIGHT to cause innocent bystanders to suffer and not be able to provide for their families. This is EXACTLY why having an online business Is practical & necessary to ensure you can SAFELY Provide for your family in times of tribulation. In order to succeed, you must HAVE A PLAN and the ability to provide your Team with……… A HIGH TICKET BUSINESS Tools & Resources to grow your High Ticket Business The ability to provide VALUE to your Team. I was given a Blueprint that lays out exactly what I need to do to succeed as an affiliate marketer. (For Free) This Blueprint changed my life forever. This BLUEPRINT includes the Right HIGH TICKET business. A Blueprint with tools and resources that all work together & compliment each other to grow the primary HIGH TICKET business In a certain way. All on one very effective website! With the right High Ticket business and tools & resources needed to grow this business you will have one website with 5 income streams!!! One website = 5 income streams!!!!!!! Read the NO B.S. Blueprint Explore the 5 income streams And Create Your Life By Design! https://lnkd.in/g6DffuuS See You On The Inside Daniel Di-Maio

Do presidential elections impact markets? This article was included in my biweekly newsletter this morning. Daken Vanderburg, our Chief Investment Officer, touches on four frequent statements heard around elections: 1. Investors should avoid election years 2. Markets are always better when (insert party) get elected 3. One party spends, the other saves 4. One party borrows, the other doesn't At the end of the day, our country is massive and complex. With the structure of our government, not one person has the ability to drastically change the expectations for how capital markets will perform. Stay focused on the long term.

*Talking about Elections* One of the best things, indeed the greatest privilege, of doing what I do for a living -- helping companies improve, need you ask! -- is the brilliant 'thinkers' that I meet through my work. People who keep you on your toes. Tomorrow, I'm lucky enough to have persuaded 3 of these thinkers to come together for a "talk" about elections and how governments fare when they get into power. As everyone knows, this year has been an historic one for elections. More than 2 billion voters (in over 50 countries) have headed to the polls. We won't be talking about them all! But, we will be discussing the 4 month old UK Government (the UK's first Labour Government in 14 years), how it's fared so far, what it's got right and wrong. We will also briefly touch upon last week's US presidential election. Our live event (in St James’ Park, London) is jam-packed -- although I understand that 2 places have become available (so if you want to come, PM me). But as this discussion is a "hot topic", we have also arranged a livestream too. (Sign up below). This Thursday, November 14th, 6pm GMT. The three incredible guest panellists joining us are: 1. The awesome Janine Gibson, the Financial Times’ Weekend Editor. Janine also edited a major title in the US 10 years ago, so will bring some media savvy to the proceedings. 2. The effervescent Mike Soutar, serial entrepreneur, business advisor to many, champion of small businesses and, of course, a stalwart on BBC’s The Apprentice. ("Do you own the website domain? No you don't. I bought it.") Donald Trump of course starred in the US version of the same show. Let's see what Mike does next ... 3. The brilliant Simone Finn, Swansea's own Baroness no less, who was Chief of Staff at No. 10 Downing Street, when Boris Johnson was PM. Simone knows all about what the engine room of Government looks like, and how things can go well / go badly wrong. Three panellists, clever, charismatic … and erudite. As ever, a 4th thinker, the insightful, persistent, multi-award-winning editor-in-chief that is Alan Rusbridger will be steering the conversation, and asking the questions. Some easy. Some less so. A massive thank you to the excellent team at Prospect Magazine. 90 people will be attending in person (2 places left) ... but a live stream is available to sign up to below. https://lnkd.in/eXRrk9_y I'm flying back from Q5's Houston office overnight to be there … so will be coffee'd up and raring to go! Q5 Prospect Magazine #Labour #Conservative #USelection #UKelection