November Election Results

Subject: November 2019 Election Results

Ballots for the election of three positions on the Board of Directors and for the election of four positions on the Executive Board of Officers were counted on November 21, 2019. The terms of office for those elected directors and officers are for three years and will commence on January 1, 2020.

The total number of ballots provided to voting members was 249. The number of valid ballots cast was 125, for a record turnout of 50%. The majority votes needed for election was 63 + 1 = 64 (51%). The reverse side of this sheet shows the number of votes cast for each nominee and write-in candidate.

Directors
There were five nominees on the ballot and no write-in candidates for election to the Board of Directors. The balloting results are Richard P. Barnes, 65%; Lynda H. Baten, 73%; Shirley R. Jacob, 25%; Edmund G. Pinto, Jr., 74%; and Col. G. Henry Williams, VII, 14%.

Richard P. Barnes, Lynda H. Baten and Edmund G. Pinto, Jr. were elected to the Board of Directors.

Officers

There were three nominees on the ballot and seventeen write-in candidates for election to the Executive Board of Officers. No write-in candidate was elected to the specified write-in position.

The balloting results are Joseph Matthews, 85%, elected President; Victor R. Krause, 90%, elected Financial Secretary; and Reinhold Schlieper, 87%, elected Parliamentarian.

Following the By-Laws, the remaining vacancy in the position of Chaplain will be filled according to Article 4 Officers, Section 4, which states “Vacancies in offices on the Executive Board, however occasioned, shall be filled by the President, and appointees shall hold office only until the next election of officers.”

Nominating/Election Committee
Herman L. Price, M.D. Victor R. Krause Merritt A. Robertson Reinhold Schlieper Marie Winston-McCray William L. Seeney