NOTICE OF NOMINATION
AND ELECTION

Pursuant to the provisions of Article V of the Bylaws of UNITE HERE Local 165 and Articles 8, 10 and 12 of the Constitution of UNITE HERE, this is official notice of the nomination and election of officers of Local 165.
Nominations will be on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. at the regular membership meeting at the Atrium Showroom in the Luxor Hotel. The Atrium Showroom is located on the fourth floor, which is on the Attraction Level. All members in good standing may attend and make nominations.
Nominations will be for the offices of president, vicepresident, financial secretary-treasurer, five members of the executive board (Banquets, Organizing, Membership and Benefits, Grievances and Arbitration, and Executive Board Member-At-Large), and three trustees. By virtue of office, the president and financial secretary-treasurer are delegates to the International Union Convention and delegates to the Local Joint Executive Board of Las Vegas.
Nominations will also be accepted for eight delegates and two alternate delegates to the International Union Convention to be held in 2009. If Local 165 is entitled to fewer delegates than those elected, delegates in addition to the president and financial secretary-treasurer will be sent to the convention in the order of the number of votes received. If Local 165 is entitled to more delegates than those elected, alternate delegates will be sent to the convention in the order of the number of votes received.
Members in order to be eligible to be nominated must be in attendance at the meeting in which they are nominated or they must have signified in writing prior to the opening of nominations, to the secretarytreasurer, their willingness to accept the nomination if their name is proposed. No members shall be eligible to hold an elected office in the union unless actually employed at

the craft or working as an officer and/or employee of the union. No member shall be eligible to hold an elected office unless they have been in continuous good standing in Local 165 for at least twenty-four (24) consecutive months immediately preceding the opening of nominations. The election committee shall pass on the eligibility of all candidates and their decisions shall be subject to appeal as provided in the Constitution. The term for all officers is three years. No member may run for more than one conflicting office. No seconding motions are required.
Any request to run as a slate must be submitted in writing to the secretary-treasurer no later than November 17, 2007 and must include candidates for at least 2/3 of the offices and at least two candidates for executive board and two candidates for trustee. A slate does not need to include candidates for delegate or alternate delegate to the International Convention.
The election will be on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at the Culinary Workers Union building, 1630 South Commerce Street in Las Vegas, in the upstairs meeting hall, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
All active members in good standing on the day of the election shall be eligible to vote. To be in good standing, dues through September 2007 must be paid. To vote, a member must show at the polling place a piece of identification with the member's picture. Any member who is reinstated on the day of election is eligible to vote upon presenting to the election committee a receipt signed by an authorized employee of the union showing the financial transaction whereby the reinstatement fee has been paid in full. Any candidate shall have the right to have an observer at the polls and at the counting of ballots.
The installation of officers will be on December 11, 2007 at 1:00 p.m at the Bartenders Union Training Room.