{"id":185,"date":"2016-04-23T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T01:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:17:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:17:57","slug":"elections-and-resumes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/?page_id=185","title":{"rendered":"Elections and Resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Iowa Area Election Resumes<\/h3>\n<p>According to the Area Policy Manual, any member that is interested in standing for an Area coordinator or officer position must complete an Area resume.<\/p>\n<p>In order to benefit from service experience, area officers will be elected from outgoing area officers and district representatives who have served a full three-year term in the Iowa area. Also eligible will be past district representatives who have remained active. Active defined as:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Regular attendance at Al-Anon meetings.<\/li>\n<li>Attendance at AWSC and Area Assemblies (minimum 3 per year)<\/li>\n<li>Participation in service work at any level.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Any active Al-Anon member, who also meets the qualifications for group representative, with a good understanding of the Steps, Traditions and the basic Al-Anon program may stand for a coordinator\u2019s position. At least two years in the Al-Anon program is suggested.<\/p>\n<p>The completed <a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iowa-Al-Anon-Resume-2025-final-3-12-25-rev.pdf\">Area Officers &amp; Coordinators Resume<\/a> form must be submitted to the Area Chairperson and either US post mark dated or e-mail time dated by July 1st of the election year for inclusion in the August newsletter. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/iowa-al-anon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Procedure-Manual-March-2025.pdf\">Iowa Area Policy Guidelines 2022<\/a> for more detailed information.)<\/p>\n<p>To view resumes for the 2026-2029 term, click this link, <a title=\"2026 2029 Resumes\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1mAyuJn0PE81QAvSd7_VVYUqVzGlxKjLx?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":176,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iowa Area Election Resumes According to the Area Policy Manual, any member that is interested in standing for an Area coordinator or officer position must complete an Area resume. 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