What is the distinction between volunteer Staff and volunteer Listener Sponsors? Does everyone who puts in 3 hours per year vote in the Staff election rather than the Listener Sponsor election?
A. Three hours of volunteer is no where NEAR enough to allow voting in the staff election. The bylaws recognize unpaid staff members of a staff unit or if no organization exists at a station, who have done 30 (not 3) hours of work during the past three months (not year). The 3 hour volunteer work for eligibility only applies to listener-members. Any disputes about who qualifies for inclusion in the staff election should, if possible, be resolved internally with station management, with an appeal to the Election Supervisor as a next option. The Election Supervisors have the ultimate authority In setting the voting lists.
