APALA 18TH BIENNIAL CONVENTION
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Rules/Eligibility for Voting Delegates

Convention Rules
Election Rules
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Don't Forget! If you are a delegate, you MUST be a current, dues-paying member and registered for Convention before you can receive your voting credential. Get your membership updated today so you're ready to go! Update your membership here. 

Constitutional Amendments

APALA Constitution

Friday

Inclusion of Native Hawaiians
Frequency of Convention
TERM OF OFFICE
Changing number and makeup of the NEB

Saturday

Member & Chapter compliance with bylaws
Chapter Compliance: Regular Meetings
Chapter compliance: REgular elections
Chapter compliance: Finance & Compliance reporting
CHAPTER Compliance: Finance reports
Chapter Compliance: Fiscal Sponsors
Chater Compliance: Inactive Status
Chapter sustainability: Bylaws
Chapter Sustainability: Pre-Chapter

Sunday

Determining Chapter membership and delegates
Non-Union Delegates
Due Process for Accused Members/Officer/board
untimely amendments to the constitution
Election of Chapter Delegates and Alternates

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (ENGLISH)
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (Chinese 中文)
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (Vietnamese Tiếng Việt)
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Resolutions

2025 Proposed Convention Resolutions
2025 Proposed Convention resolutions ( Vietnamese Tiếng Việt)
2025 proposed convention resolutions (Chinese 中文)
Previous Resolutions
2023 Convention Resolutions
2017 Convention Resolutions
2021 Convention Resolutions
2015 Convention Resolutions
2019 Convention Resolutions
2013 Convention Resolutions
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Nomination Process

APALA members seeking to run for an At-Large Vice-President position on the National Executive Board or a National Executive Officer position at APALA Convention can nominate themselves or another person off the floor during Convention Business. Candidates will need to state their union/organization and chapter affiliation in their nomination. All candidates must have been a member in good standing at least 60 days before the Convention (i.e., by April 27, 2025).​

At-Large Vice Presidents

Nominations for At-Large Vice Presidents will occur on Friday, June 27, 2025.
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Nominations will be in accordance with Convention and Election Rules.

​Candidates for an At-Large Vice President must be a member in good-standing by April 27, 2025. 

At-Large Vice President Elections will be held on the morning of Sunday, June 29, 2025.




National Executive Officers

The National Executive Officers are President, First Executive Vice-President, Second Executive Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. 

​Nominations for Officers will occur on Sunday, June 29, 2025.

​Nominations will be in accordance with Convention and Election Rules. 


​Candidates for Officers must be a member of the National Executive Board (APALA Constitution, Article VIII, Section 4) and a member in good-standing by April 27, 2025 (APALA Constitution, Article VI, Section 2). 

Officer Elections will be held on the morning of Sunday, June 29, 2025. 
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  • Home
  • Program & Agenda
    • Welcome Letters
    • Standard of Conduct and Gender Pronouns
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • APALA's Principles for Collective Liberation
    • How to Participate in Convention Business
    • Welcome Speaker Bios
    • Plenary Descriptions and Speaker Bios
    • Workshops
    • APALA Awards
    • Cultural Program
    • 2023-2025 NEB
    • About Lifetime Warriors
    • Union Partners
    • Resources
  • For Voting Delegates
  • Donate