Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

Unfortunately, the KMA election candidates meet and greet planed for this coming weekend has been cancelled.

An election update will be shortly issued.

The EROs

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE UPDATED CANDIDATE NOMINATION FORM

Dear KMA members,

As you will be aware the KMA elections FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES will be held on Dec 3rd and 4th.

The details and logistics of the process have been extensively communicated via the KMA website and announcements at the Masjid.

We encourage you to read the personal statements of the candidates which are presented on the website before voting.

To further assist you with familiarising yourselves with the candidates, ahead of the election, we are hosting a short ‘meet and greet’ event at the Masjid which will start straight after Zuhr prayer on Sunday Nov 27th and which will conclude before Asr prayer. The event should take around an hour.

Please make every effort to attend this short session.

The Election Returning Officers
Saleem, Anjum, Salim

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

KINGSTON MUSLIM ASSOCIATION (KMA)

Please find below information for the 2022 Election process for the KMA Board of Trustees and Management Committee.

VIEW LIST OF CANDIDATES HERE

1. The Election Returning Officers (ERO’s):
The Election will be conducted by the 3 ERO’s:  Saleem Quazi, Anjum Ahmad, Salim Khan

2. Date, Time, Location and Procedure:

• Vote in person at Kingston Masjid on Dec 3th and Dec 4th from 10.30am to 15 minutes before Asr Jamaat.
• Only “PAID MEMBERS” of the KMA are eligible to VOTE.
• Ballot papers will be provided on arrival.
• Facilities to enable sisters to vote will be provided.
• Voting by PROXY WILL NOT be accepted.
• The election will only be for the Board of Trustees. The candidates for the Management Committee have been confirmed in post and no election will be held for those posts. More info here.

Verification against the members list will be conducted by the EROs. Identification for voting will be required (driving licence/utility bill showing name and address).

3. Nominations and Candidates:

ALL CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SUBMIT A SUMMARY EXPLAINING WHY THEY WISH TO STAND. THEY ARE AVAILABLE HERE.

It is the responsibility of each candidate who applied for nomination to check that their name is included in the nominated candidates page which can be found under the ‘About Us‘ link labelled ‘2022 KMA Elections‘ (www.kingstonmosque.org/2022-kma-elections) and that the personal statement and photograph in the link are correct. If you applied and your name is not included, or if details in the links are not correct, please contact the EROs via the email address (kmaelection2022@outlook.com) immediately.

4. Results:

The Results will be announced late on the evening of Dec 4^th or as soon as is practicable after the election closes. A hard copy of the results will be displayed on the Masjid Election notice board and on the KMA website.

5. Questions:

Should any KMA member/candidate have any queries with respect to the Election please email the query to the KMA election email address: kmaelection2022@outlook.com

Queries to be submitted by 10am Friday 25th November at the latest. The decision of the EROs will be final with respect to any queries.

All candidates should familiarize themselves with respect to the impact of the recent CIO proposals. Please refer any questions to the Board of Trustees.

All communications with respect to this election have been and will be via the KMA website, periodic announcements at Jumma and/or via the Masjid noticeboard. No communication is being made by post in order to ensure a cost-effective process.

6. Caveat:

The ERO’s reserve the right to amend the list of candidates standing and/or remove candidates before the election date should circumstances so dictate.

POLITE REMINDER FROM THE EROs TO CANDIDATES: IF YOU ARE ELECTED PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE DOING THE WORK OF ALLAH AND REGULAR AND CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE WILL BE REQUIRED. DO NOT STAND IF YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO KEEP TO THE COMMITMENTS AND REGULAR ATTENDANCE REQUIRED. Once elected to the committee please work with consensus, transparency and the common good – and always seek to work as a team.

Wasalaam:  Saleem Quazi, Anjum Ahmad, Salim Khan

THE ELECTION RETURNING OFFICERS OF THE KMA

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

Many thanks to those members who attended yesterday’s workshop on the CIO asset transfer ahead of the EGM and resolution next week. For those of you who couldn’t make it, please see attached slides (CLICK HERE) from yesterday which we hope are helpful and informative. We look forward to see you at the EGM on Sunday 30 October.

Regards,
KMA BoT

Assalamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

Please note that the Candidate Nomination Form for the KMA elections is now available (https://www.kingstonmosque.org/downloadresources/)

The deadline for submission of the nomination form has been extended to Friday 4 November, 5pm.

The KMA election timeline (https://www.kingstonmosque.org/display-timeline-for-the-kma-elections/) provides details of the steps and processes candidates/members need to follow.

Thank you.
The EROs

*Click here to view Governing document, KINGSTON MUSLIM ASSOCIATION – 1187979, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission

Download KMA CIO Constitution (PDF)

Download KMA Resolution Unincorporated (PDF)