GAPS Elections September 25th

Gaps gaps at triumf.ca
Wed Sep 16 16:54:28 PDT 2026


Hello GAPS members!

We will be holding elections for the GAPS committee at the meeting on Friday September 25th at 3 pm in the MOB Conference Room and online. All positions on the committee are open for nominations.

In order to run for an elected position, with the exception of Chair, you must have attended at least 2 committee meetings (i.e. if you attend the GAPS meeting on September 18th, and then the election on the 25th you will be eligible) and nominate yourself/be nominated for the position you are interested in. To run for Chair/Co-Chair, interested GAPS members must have been part of the GAPS Committee for at least 6 months. We also have a series of appointed positions if you would like to volunteer. Regardless of interest in running for a position, all GAPS members are eligible to vote for elected positions.

In order to nominate yourself or others, please fill out the form here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/4Ef62KgGgz

The following are elected positions, for which you can self-nominate, or nominate someone else:

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Chair/Co-chairs (currently Aveen Mahon and Laura Miller)
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Vice-Chair Advocacy/HR (currently Iris Halilovic)
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Vice-Chair HR/Advocacy (currently vacant as we have 2 co-chairs)
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Vice-Chair Social (currently Yasaman Yousefi Sigari)
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Vice-Chair Professional Development (currently Emily Filmer)
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Treasurer (currently Kartikeya Sharma)

Appointed positions:

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Secretary
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Website Maintainer
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Cookie Monster
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Coffee Warden
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Social Media Manager

Full descriptions of each role can be found in our Terms Of Reference, attached to this email. You can also get more information by attending our next meeting, or by reaching out to the committee directly.

Please come to the next meeting if you are interested in getting involved! We’re always happy to see new members!

Best,

The GAPS Committee


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