Kairos Prison Ministry Election Resources

Welcome to the Kairos Elections Page

This page is a composite of the resources that are available from www.mykairos.org and www.kairosmessenger.org to help the Advisory Council and State Chapter Committee manage the election process each Fall in KairosMessenger.

Advisory Council Elections

Advisory Council Election Resources

Video: KairosMessenger Advisory Council Election Training (2:15:16) - presented by Andy Perry, a detailed tutorial on the annual Advisory Council election process in KairosMessenger. The election process starts in September, and voting must be completed by December 1st. In this training you will learn how to:
- Understand the Election Eligibility Report to determine vacancies
- Use KairosMessenger to request nominations and votes
- Enter elections into KairosMessenger
- Print the roster
- Send emails to inform the community of elections
- Send emails to elected members with logins and job descriptions
- Clean up and maintain volunteer records
PDF: Advisory Council Election Training Handout, 1 slide per page (57 pgs) - full-size slides from the video above.
PDF: Advisory Council Election Training Handout, 2 slides per page (29 pgs) - a shorter version for printing.
PDF: Advisory Council Election Training Handout, 3 slides per page (19 pgs) - slides with space for notes from the presentation above.

Video: KairosMessenger Election Management for Advisory Council Secretaries - in this training you will learn how to:
- Clean up and maintain volunteer data
- Understand the Election Eligibility Report to determine vacancies
- Use KairosMessenger to request nominations and votes
- Enter elections into KairosMessenger
- Send emails to the community
- Send emails to elected members with job descriptions and logins
- Print the roster
- Maintain the elections throughout the year
PDF: KairosMessenger Election Management for Advisory Council Secretaries - handout for the video above.

PDF: Advisory Council Operating Procedures (ACOP) - (27 pgs) this is the governing document of the Kairos Advisory Council.

State Chapter Committee Elections

State Chapter Committee Election Resources

PDF: State Chapter Committee Operating Procedures (SCCOP) - the governing document for the State Chapter Committee.
Presentation: State Chapter Committee Election Training Presentation - a detailed tutorial on the Kairos State elections and how to enter them into KairosMessenger.
PDF: State Chapter Committee Election Training - PDFs with space for notes from the presentation above.

KairosMessenger Volunteer Records

KairosMessenger Volunteer Record Maintenance Resources

Video: Volunteer List and Update (7:52) – a detailed tutorial for maintaining the multiple screens of the Volunteer records in KairosMessenger. Includes, deceased status, do not contact and Weekend History. It also explains how to print the different status lists.
Video: Volunteer Directory (3:48) – instructions on creating a detailed Advisory Council volunteer report of the Advisory Council members based defined selections.
PDF: Volunteer Database Guide (6 pgs) – a guide that explains all of the screens that comprise the volunteer record.
PDF: Volunteer Directory Guide (3 pgs) – a guide that explains the various options when creating a report of Volunteers with their Weekend history.

For further assistance please contact , Andy Perry.