Official Notice of Nominations—2025
Local 571 Area Trustees
Nominations are now being accepted for Local 571 Executive Board Area Trustees. The Executive
Board of Local 571 shall consist of the Officers of Local 571 which include four (4) Area Trustees, at
least one of whom is a PSRP member, and the Local 571 Council Presidents who serve as Trustees.
All Local 571 members are eligible to be nominated as Local 571 Area Trustees. The term of office is
three (3) years beginning July 1, 2026, and by virtue of their election, they shall be elected also as
delegates to the AFT and IFT Conventions. Nominations must be printed or typed (name and
Council) and received in the Local 571 office (500 Oakmont Lane, Westmont, IL 60559 or emailed
to Patty Clancy, pclancy@ift-aft.org) on or before February 2, 2026. Nominees will receive a written
or electronic acknowledgement of receipt. Voting will take place in April 2026 via secret ballot.
Council leaders will notify members of the date(s) that voting will take place. Interested individuals
may request further information about the duties of the office by contacting Local 571. Members’
ballots without emails on file will be mailed via U.S. Postal Service to their homes.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Convention Delegates
Nominations are now being accepted for delegates to the American Federation of Teachers
Convention that will convene in Washington D.C. on July 16-19, 2026. All Local 571 members are
eligible to be nominated as delegates to this convention. There can be up to fifty-three (53)
delegates, including the ten (10) Officers which include Area Trustees, who became delegates by
virtue of being elected to office. Ballots will be counted, and candidates will be ranked by the
number of ballots received. Allowing for the ten (10) Officers, the forty-three (43) candidates with
the most votes will be declared delegates. The remaining candidates will be declared alternate
delegates; and should any delegate(s) notify the Local of an inability to fulfill the duties of delegate,
these alternate delegates will be selected in rank order of votes received to serve in place of the
delegate who is unable to serve. Delegates who attend the convention will be reimbursed for
expenses up to $2,295/delegate. Nominations must be printed or typed (name and Council) and
received in the Local 571 office (500 Oakmont Lane, Westmont, IL 60559 or emailed to Patty
Clancy, pclancy@ift-aft.org) on or before February 2, 2026. Nominees will receive a written or
electronic acknowledgement of receipt. Voting will take place in April 2026 via secret ballot.
Council leaders will notify members of the date(s) that voting will take place. Members’ ballots
without emails on file will be mailed via U.S. Postal Service to their homes.
