Third Quarter
2003 Report of the Election Committee
USGenWeb Election Committee
Report #3
Third Quarter 2003 Report
October 1, 2003
The USGenWeb Election
Committee respectfully submits the following 3rd Quarter Report.
July 2003 -
Voting in the National
Election 2003 began. Bounces were heavy, notwithstanding concerted efforts
to prepare an accurate voter list.
July 2 - Temporary Helper
Connie Snyder left EC due to vacation.
Election results were
announced on 4 August, 2003:
National Coordinator
Total Votes: 499
Richard Harrison - 150
30.1%
Tim Stowell - 114 22.8%
Ron Eason - 89 17.8%
Jim Powell - 78 15.6%
Bill Oliver - 68 13.6%
Run-off between Richard
Harrison and Tim Stowell
Representative At Large
Total Votes: 425
Shari Handley - 141 33.2%
Angie Rayfield - 113
26.6%
Jason Mendenhall - 88
20.7%
Ellen Rohr - 83 19.5%
Run-off between Shari
Handley and Angie Rayfield
Archives Representative
Total Votes: 61
Cyndie Enfinger - 22
36.1%
Ken Johnson - 21 34.4%
Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman
- 18 29.5%
Runoff - Cyndie Enfinger
and Ken Johnson
Tombstone Representative
Pam Reid - 14 100%
Unopposed - The Election
Committee Hereby Declares Pam Reid Winner
NorthEast/North Central
SC Representative
Total Votes: 8
Richard Howland - 5 62.5%
Marcia Kuehl - 3 37.5%
The Election Committee
Hereby Declares Richard Howland Winner.
NorthEast/North Central
CC Rep
Total Votes: 116
Barbara Lavin - 41 35.3%
Teri Brown - 39 33.6%
Scott Burow - 36 31.0%
Run-Off between Barbara
Lavin and Teri Brown
NorthWest Plains SC Representative
Don Kelly - 6 100%
Unopposed - The Election
Committee Hereby Declares Don Kelly Winner.
Northwest Plains CC Representative
- Two Seats Available
Total Votes: 165
Gail Meyer Kilgore -
60 36.4%
Darilee Bednar - 55 33.3%
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- 50 30.3% The Election Committee Hereby Declares:
Gail Meyer Kilgore Winner
- Two year Term
Darilee Bednar Winner
- One Year Term
SouthEast/Mid-Atlantic
SC Representative
Christine Goff - 12 100%
Unopposed - The Election
Committee Hereby Declares Christine Goff Winner
SouthEast/Mid-Atlantic
CC Representative - Two Positions Available
Total Votes: 308
Denise Woodside - 83
26.9%
Linda Blum-Barton - 77
25.0%
Heather Jones DeGeorge
- 72 23.4%
Tom Parker - 46 14.9%
Ron Dailey - 30 9.7%
The Election Committee
Hereby Declares:
Denise Woodside - Two
Year Term
Linda Blum-Barton - One
Year Term
Southwest/South Central
CC Representative
Total Votes: 129
Bettie Wood - 53 41.1%
Roger Swafford - 35 27.1%
Bunny Freeman - 23 17.8%
Jeff Scism - 18 14.0%
Run-Off - Bettie Wood
and Roger Swafford.
Voting in the Run-Off
Elections began Aug 8, 2003, and ended Aug 22, 2003. The results were as
follows:
National Coordinator
Richard Harrison - 273
Tim Stowell - 195
The Election Committee
declared Richard Harrison
winner.
Representative At Large
Shari Handley - 232
Angie Rayfield - 163
The Election Committee
declared Shari Handley winner.
Archives Representative
Cyndie Enfinger - 35
Ken Johnson - 21
The Election Committee
declared Cyndie Enfinger winner.
NorthEast/North Central
CC Rep
Teri Brown - 63
Barbara Lavin - 42
The Election Committee
declared Teri Brown winner.
Southwest/South Central
CC Representative
Roger Swafford - 41
Bettie Wood - 79
The Election Committee
declared Bettie Wood winner.
The Election Committee
therein closed the National 2003 Election.
Participation - After
corrections were made to the voter list, a total of 2339 eligible members
were sent passwords. The participation factor in the NC race was 21.3%,
and in the RAL race, 18%. Participation in the Run-Off Election was comparable.
EC Member Kimberly Morgan
resigned 19 August, due to a virus that wiped out her computer.
At the conclusion of the
Run-Off Election, the EC Helpers were unsubbed from the EC List. They did
an outstanding job, and the EC would like to take this opportunity to recognize
them individually:
Shirley Cullum
Deb Haines
Connie Snyder
Greta Thompson
EC Member Bettie Wood
returned to the EC 27 August.
On 28 August a Call for
EC Volunteers was made.
31 August - AB Rep Tina
Vickery was unsubbed from the EC list, due to the end of her term. Acting
AB chair Shari Handly was temporarily subbed as acting ex-officio until
NC Richard Harrison returned, so that the EC would have AB representation.
September -
Former EC Chair Linda
Haas Davenport was invited as EC guest to assist in formulating recommended
EC Procedure changes.
On 8 September the EC
began the process of conducting a SC election for WIGenWeb, at the request
of the current SC.
AB Rep Cyndie Enfinger
was welcomed to the EC on 21 September, as AB representative to the EC.
Respectfully submitted,
The USGenWeb Election
Committee
