Fourth Report
of the Election Committee 2001
USGenWeb Election Committee
Report # 4
August 14, 2001
The Following Report is
submitted to the Advisory Board of the USGenWeb Project:
The 2001 USGenWeb Project
Elections opened on July 1, 2001 and closed at midnight CDT on July 31,
2001. During the election two candidates withdrew: George Waller from the
Northeast/North Central State Coordinator Representative race and Joy Fisher
from the Northwest/Plains State Coordinator Representative race.
The Election Results for
each race were sent to the candidates of that race the evening of August
1, 2001. An hour later the Election Results were sent to the Advisory Board,
the ALL, CC-L, State-CC and EC Announcement List. The EC Web Page was updated
about the same time.
The voting results of
the 2001 USGenWeb Project Regular Election are as follows:
From: Larry Stephens
Office of Risk Management
Indiana University
Election Results:
National Coordinator
Holly Timm 285
Richard Harrison 196
Phyllis Rippee 148
Representative-at-Large
Teresa Lindquist 265
Richard M. Howland 185
Bill Oliver 178
Northeast/North Central
State Coordinator Representative
Nathan Zipfel 8
George Waller 3
Northeast/North Central
County Coordinator Representative
Robert Bremer 153
Tina Vickery 152
Lorraine Sonnenberg Newsome
116
Northwest/Plains State
Coordinator Representative
Mary Ann Hetrick 8
Joy Fisher 3
Northwest/Plains County
Coordinator Representative
Kathy Heidel 37
Maggie Stewart Zimmerman
37
Michael Irwin 15
Sundee Maynez 12
Southeast/Mid-Atlantic
County Coordinator Representative
Ron Eason 123
Diane Montgomery Parsons
110
Tom Parker 82
Geraldine (Gerri) Newton
65
Terria Baynor 63
Southwest/South Central
County Coordinator Representative
Jana Black 58
Don Tharp 39
Roger Swafford 31
Edward Hayden 25
Two seats were unopposed
and declared winners by the EC:
Archives Representative
Vicki Shaffer
Southeast/Mid-Atlantic
State Coordinator Representative Tim Stowell
Four races did not result
in a majority and the EC declared a Run-Off Election:
National Coordinator between
Holly Timm and Richard Harrison
Representative at Large
between Teresa Lindquist and Richard Howland
Northwest/Plains County
Coordinator Representative between Kathy Heidel and Maggie Stewart Zimmerman
Southwest/South Central
County Coordinator Representative between Jana Black and Don Tharp.
The Run off Election began
August 3, 2001 and ended at midnight August 13, 2001 (CDT) The results
of the Election were:
From: Larry Stephens
Office of Risk Management
Indiana University
Runoff election for National
Coordinator (#78) 435 votes
Richard Harrison 177
(40.6896551724138%)
Holly Timm 258 (59.3103448275862%)
Runoff election for Representative-at-Large
(#79) 452 votes
Richard Howland 197 (43.5840707964602%)
Teresa Lindquist 255
(56.4159292035398%)
Runoff election for Northwest/Plains
County Coordinator Representative (#80) 97 votes
Kathy Heidel 62 (63.9175257731959%)
Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman
35 (36.0824742268041%)
Runoff election for Southwest/South
Central County Coordinator Representative (#81) 117 votes
Jana Black 67 (57.2649572649573%)
Don Tharp 50 (42.7350427350427%)
Candidates were notified
at 9:30 am CDT August 14, 2001 and an hour later the election results were
sent to all of the lists and posted to the web page.
Other business that is
underway:
The EC has posted a request
for volunteers to replace the following members who have resigned: Kathy
Heidel resigned when she became a candidate and is now a member of the
AB Debbie Anderson resigned due to the pressures of her promotion at her
job Bill Prokasy resigned due to his displeasure with the politics of the
Project.
The EC has posted a Survey
Form on the web site and is collecting responses. Within the next couple
of weeks the results of the Survey will be posted to the EC Web Site.
If you should have any
questions please feel free to ask.
Respectfully,
Linda Haas Davenport
