NED Alumni Association of Tri-State (NEDATS)

Announcement of Elections for the year 2025

 

This is an announcement for the third election of NEDATS Board of Directors (BOD). BOD consists of nine (9) members each elected for three (3) years term. Per the Bylaws only member in good standing (current with his/her annual membership fee) on the 10th day from announcement of an election and remain in good standing till the time of election shall be eligible to contest and vote in the election. Today’s announcement establishes this date as April 10th, 2025. Members who are interested to contest, nominate, second a candidate or vote in this upcoming BOD election shall make sure that they have paid membership status on April 10th, 2025 and it remains paid till the date of election result announcement which is set for June 16th, 2025. You can login to your NEDATS account and check your membership status.

 

As per the requirement of the Bylaws, BOD has appointed a three-member election commission for conducting this 2025 BOD election. The following respected individual form this year’s Election Commission:

1. Chairman – Mr. Abdul Muqtadir – NED Alumni

2. Member – Mr. Anis Baig – NED Alumni

3. Member – Mr. Jalees Khan – NED Alumni

 

To contest for an election the participator must be:

  1. A graduate of NED Engineering College/NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
  2. A resident of the State of New York or New Jersey or Connecticut continuously for the last one (1) year.
  3. Not an office bearer of any other NED Alumni Association.
  4. A paid member (eligible member) on April 10th, 2025 and remain paid member through June 16th, 2025.
  5. Can only contest for one position at a time.
  6. Nominated by an eligible member and seconded by two other eligible members.

 

According to Bylaws, members who have been part of BOD in both the current and the one preceding term are not

eligible to contest in this election. Per this requirement current BOD members Anas Hashmi, Shahbaz Zubairi & Badar

Bhatti cannot run for any BOD position in this upcoming election.

 

For the Election of Board of Directors of NEDATS, following timetable will be followed:

 

31 March 2025 (Monday)        Announcement of Election by the President

10 April 2025 (Thursday)        To be eligible to vote, nominate a candidate, second a candidate or run for office, a member should have paid membership dues by this date and shall maintain paid status till the time of Election announcement date of June 16, 2025

12 April 2025 (Saturday)         Blank Nomination Papers will be sent to eligible members by the Election Commission

27 April 2025 (Sunday)            Last date for Receiving of Nomination Papers by Election Commission

05 May 2025 (Monday)            Election Commission will announce the Names of Candidates

09 May 2025 (Friday)              Last day to file appeal against rejection of Nomination Papers or withdraw nomination

16 May 2025 (Friday)              Election Commission will inform the results of appeal and final list of candidates

12 June 2025 (Thursday)         Ballot will be E-mailed to eligible members.

15 June 2025 (Sunday)            Election Commission must receive the ballot back.

16 June 2025 (Monday)           Election Commission will announce the results of the Election

01 July 2025 (Tuesday)            Start of 3 years of the new Board of Directors

 

Elections will be held for all the nine positions of BOD which are described in Article IX of the By-Laws; President, Vice President, General Secretary, Finance Secretary, Joint Secretary, Social Secretary I, Social Secretary II, Information and Publications Secretary and NED Liaison Secretary. The Board Members shall hold their respective offices for a period of three (3) years. For complete information, please see Bylaws on our website www.nedats.org

 

We request your full participation in this Election as a Candidate and as a Voter. We thank you for your support and encouragement you have provided to us in bringing this association this far. It would not have been possible without your complete support.

 

Sincerely,

 

Anas Hashmi, President

Board of Directors, NEDATS