UUP Upstate Medical Chapter 2025 – 2027 Chapter Elections

Chapter Elections for the June 2025 through May 2027 term will occur early next year. The calendar of events for chapter elections is:

Mail Chapter & Affiliate Convention Nomination Forms – January 16-17, 2025
Self-Nomination Link Live in Members Only by 9:00 am – January 16, 2025
Chapter & Affiliate Convention Nominations Close – February 14, 2025
Chapter Nomination Lists Posted to Web through – February 28, 2025
Mail Chapter Elections Ballots to Address on File – March 12-14, 2025
Chapter & Affiliate Elections Ballots due – April 18, 2025
Count Chapter & Affiliate Elections Ballots – April 22-25, 2025**

**Conduct Run-off Elections as required

To learn about the Chapter Elections Process, there will be

“Chapter & Affiliate Elections” Virtual Workshops on

December 10, 2024 from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
December 11, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

UUP Members wanting to know more about running for officer, delegate, or affiliate delegate positions should attend this webinar.

This webinar will review the chapter nomination and balloting processes (*NEW electronic self nomination), review the affiliate (NYSUT and AFT) nomination and balloting processes, and review the Nomination Reporting process.

To assist Upstate Medical Chapter UUP Members with understanding the Chapter Officers and Delegates Election Process, we will host a virtual watch party where you can watch the December 11 webinar from 9 – 10:30 AM with your UUP Chapter Leadership and Members in Room 4414A of the New Academic Building. Light refreshments (coffee, tea, water, soda and cookies, pastries) will be served for attendees.

To register for the Upstate Medical Chapter Elections Webinar watch session, use this link: https://forms.gle/gyou1DAUBgPPwuDp9 or QR code on the flyer to let us know if you will be attending. Registration will close the week before the webinar.

All Chapter Officer and Delegate Positions will be open for Election in 2025.

If you are an Officer or Delegate now, you must run again to remain in your current position.

UUP Upstate Chapter Officer positions to be elected for the 2-year term beginning on June 1, 2025 include:

Chapter President – voted for by all chapter members
Chapter Vice President for Academics – voted for by academic chapter members only
Chapter Vice President for Professionals – voted for by professional chapter members only
Chapter Officer for Contingent Employees – voted for by all chapter members
Chapter Retiree Officer – voted for by all chapter members
Chapter Secretary – voted for by all chapter members
Chapter Treasurer – voted for by all chapter members
Chapter Academic Delegate – voted for by academic chapter members only, approximately 14 open positions
Chapter Professional Delegate – voted for by professional chapter members only, approximately 50 open positions

To view the Chapter Bylaws defining all of the Chapter Officer and Executive Board positions go to: Bylaws booklet

Any UUP member running for an Officer position should also run for a Delegate position of their respective employee category (academic or professional).

All UUP elected delegates receiving 10 or more votes from chapter members become a voting member of the UUP Upstate Medical Chapter Executive Board. For every 75 UUP members of each employee category, the chapter is allotted one delegate position.