Become A PAT Leader: Run for Office

Nominations will open at the November 30th PAT Representative Assembly (PAT RA) for election to several PAT positions.  These include PAT Executive Board Directors (4 positions), PAT Delegates to the Oregon Education Association Representative Assembly, and PAT Delegates to the National Education Association Representative Assembly.

Any active PAT member may run for any of these positions.  Fair Share Fee Payers are not eligible to run for any elected union office.

Nominations will close on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at the January PAT RA.  Nominations for the positions of Executive Board Director will close at 5:00 p.m. to allow for candidate speeches to the RA at that meeting.  Nominations for all other positions will close at 7:00 p.m. on that date.

Ballots will be sent electronically to members during the week of February 6, 2017, and the ballots will be due and counted on February 17, 2017.  

For more information – including the terms and duties of the positions, the Nominations and Elections Handbook containing the election rules, and the Nomination Form – visit the PAT website, www.pdxteachers.org.