AFSA Reps may be selected in a variety of ways:

• The current Rep calls a meeting to elect a replacement. AFSA Washington can supply a membership list, but since these are rarely entirely accurate anyone with a current membership card (even if not on the member list) should be allowed to vote.

  Conditions and situations vary. Nominations and elections can be held at the same meeting. Nominations might be received by letter, memo, phone, or e-mail, the results posted for inspection, and the election held at a meeting. Or nominations and debate might take place at one meeting, with the election at a laterdate. If the election is hotly contested, the balloting might be secret, but usually a show of hands is acceptable.

• At posts where there are few active AFSA members, the outgoing Rep may simply ask another member to take his/her place.

• If there is no current AFSA Rep, the Admin Officer may arrange to hold the election.

• At very large or widely dispersed posts, the members may need more than one Rep. They may select someone from each agency (State, USAID, FAS, CS) to act just for that agency. In such a case there are, in effect, separate elections for each agency, and members vote only in the election for their agency.

Note: Please refer to the Chapter Manual for guidance once you have been selected.