CAMPAIGN POLICIES
Division and Chapter Related Highlights
[NOTE: The following is excerpted from policies adopted in June
1989, and revised in March 1991, November 1991, May 1993, April
1995, and most recently in March 2001.]
The 2004 APA/AICP campaign season is ready to begin. The information
below summarizes campaign policies that may affect APA components
(especially divisions and chapters). The complete document, National
Election Campaign Policies, can be found at https://www.planning.org/elections/policy.htm
in the leadership section of the APA website. All candidates
have read and consented to run their campaigns under these policies.
We ask that Chapter Presidents and Division Chairs review this
information and forward it to your Executive Committee, Webmaster/Manager,
and newsletter editorial staff. If in doubt about any candidate-related
material or inquiry, contact Mike Welch, Leadership Affairs
Manager, at mwelch@planning.org.
Campaign Season: The 2004 APA National Elections campaign season
will begin August 25, 2003 and end on April 16, 2004.
Mailings Lists and Labels: Candidates receive mailing lists and
labels from APA national. Please refer any requests for component
mailing lists or labels to Mike Welch at mwelch@planning.org
Partisanship: APA component resources are not to be spent or
used on behalf of any candidacy unless otherwise permitted
by these guidelines.
Advertising and Articles in Component Publications: APA components
may not accept advertising, paid or unpaid, for any candidacy
to appear in any component publication or on its website.
APA components may not publish special news or feature articles
by or about a candidate or candidate-related event or publication
between August 25, 2003 and April 16, 2004 except for reference
to commitments and on-going APA or AICP activities initiated
prior to candidacy. During this time, APA components may mention
a candidate's name in reference to ongoing APA/AICP activities
or when the candidate's name is a minor but germane part of
a larger article. Similar policies apply to photographs.
During the campaign season, APA components may publish the reports
of regional Directors and Commissioners who are running for
national APA/AICP office to the members of their regions on
APA or AICP business. Elected at-large Directors and Commissioners
who are current candidates may report to the entire membership
on such business. These reports may not be used to campaign.
There are no restrictions on report distribution or publication
by Directors or Commissioners not running for national APA/AICP
office.
Immediately following the nominating committee meetings, elections
staff shall notify components publications staff of those who
have been nominated.
The following material is excerpted directly from the 2004 National
Elections Campaign Policies.
Principles of Equal Access:
A. At all levels, these guidelines seek to balance the right
of candidates to have fair and equal access to the members at
all levels of the Association, while minimizing the administrative
burden on component officers or staff, candidates, and national
staff. In general, component officers, meeting arrangers, newsletter
editors and staff are expected to give all candidates for the
same position similar access to members. For instance, a component
may choose to publish no candidate questionnaire responses, but
if it publishes any responses, it must publish all responses
for the same position. The same applies to speakers at meetings,
etc. Details follow.
B. Conferences and Workshops - APA staff and components may invite
candidates to be speakers at national or component conferences,
provided the invitation is based on the candidates' area of
expertise, not their candidacy.
C. Access to Newsletters - Upon request by a candidate staff
shall supply the name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
of component newsletter editors.
D. Endorsements - Components may endorse candidates. An endorsement
is the officially adopted position of the chapter or its executive
committee. Endorsements may not be made until the names of
all candidates -- nominated and petition -- have been announced
in the Leadership Letter. Components need not allow other candidates
to respond to endorsements, but the endorsement must list the
names of all candidates running for the endorsed position.
E. Component Questionnaires - Using equal access principles APA
components may, without staff assistance, send questionnaires
to candidates. Responses are voluntary. If editors choose to
publish questionnaire responses, they must publish all candidate
statements that a component has received for a particular office
by a previously indicated deadline.
F. Campaign Materials at Chapter Conferences - If candidates
wish to display campaign literature at chapter conferences,
it is their responsibility to make arrangements with chapters.
Chapters, by vote of their executive committees, may permit
or exclude campaign materials by all candidates for a particular
office, but may not permit or exclude materials from selected
candidates for a particular office.
Articles in or Endorsements by Non-APA Publications:
To avoid confusion over endorsements and matters of fact and
policy, APA and AICP request that non-APA or AICP publications
that use APA or AICP in their titles and whose subject matter
is planning or APA/AICP matters, print a legible statement under
their title stating that the publication is "not an official
publication of the APA or the AICP." APA/AICP further encourages
such publications to comply voluntarily with APA/AICP Campaign
Policies, particularly those affecting endorsements and equal
access principles.
Please refer any questions to Mike Welch, Leadership Affairs
Manager, at mwelch@planning.org
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