Discovery Trustee election 2021
Every year you the Discovery volunteers get to vote for the trustee board. Trustees oversee the work of Discovery & have a meaningful say in the direction of Discovery and the impact it has on the local community so this is your chance to have a say in who should help run Discovery. To see all the candidates for this year scroll down to the end of this blog.
This year things will be a little bit different as the elections will be taking place online but we hope that this means that more of our volunteers are able to vote. This email will outline how you register to vote for the elections.
Voting for the Trustee positions starts today Monday 22nd November at 10am and voting will close on Monday 29th November at 9am.
There are two ways to vote this year and we ask that all volunteers vote in both the staff Trustee election and the student Trustee election.
Staff Trustee election
For the staff Trustee election we are asking that you fill in this form . Please note you can only vote for two candidates.
Student Trustee election
We are fortunate that this year the Swansea Students Union are supporting Discovery by running the elections for student Trustees online for us. Below is how you get to register to vote in the elections. You must log in into the Swansea Students Union website as either a student (if you are a Swansea University student volunteer) or a Guest (if you are a Discovery volunteer who is not a Swansea University student). The trustee elections are called Discovery AGM Membership. We have outlined how to vote below:
To get Discovery AGM Membership as a Student:
- Log in as a student on the Students’ Union website
- Search for ‘Discovery AGM’
- Select ‘Discovery AGM’ under organisations
- Select ‘Add to Basket’ to add the Discovery AGM Membership to your basket
- Purchase the free membership so that it gets linked with your student number account
- If you are registering for a new account you will have to click on the link sent to your email to validate it before you can log in
- You should now have the membership permissions needed to vote in the election!
To get Discovery AGM Membership as a Guest:
- Go to the Students’ Union website and select log in, select ‘Staff & Guests’, and opt to ‘Register New Account’
- Once Guest Account has been created, log in as guest, and search for ‘Discovery AGM’
- Select ‘Discovery AGM’ under organisations
- Select ‘Add to Basket’ to add the Discovery AGM Membership to your basket
- Purchase the free membership so that it gets linked with your guest account
- You should now have the membership permissions needed to vote in the election!
To vote in the election once the voting goes live at 10am on Monday the 22nd of November:
- Ensure you are logged in on the Students’ Union website
- Hover over ‘Student Voice’ to view the drop down menu
- Select ‘Elections’ on the drop down menu
- Select the ‘Discovery AGM’ and proceed to vote in the election!
If you have any issues around registering to vote please do let us know by emailing us .
All Discovery volunteers get to vote for each of the positions which are:-
- Swansea University staff Trustee
- President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Non portfolio trustee
In each of the positions you will see this: Re-Open Nominations or ‘RON. This is a democratic mechanism to allow voters to choose not to elect any of the candidates in the election. Basically if you do not want to vote for any of the candidates then vote for Re-Open Nominations.
To see all the candidates download this Guide to Discovery Trustee elections
If you have any issues around registering to vote please do let us know by emailing us