Second Quarter Report of the
Election Committee 2006
TO: National Coordinator
and Advisory Board, USGenWeb
FROM: USGenWeb Elections
Committee
SUBJECT: EC REPORT SECOND
QUARTER 2006
DATE: July 5, 2006
APRIL 2006
Pub/Sec Shirley Cullum
took the chair temporarily after the resignation of Lori Thornton.
The newsletter was mailed,
and all bounces were worked.
New Members LaRae Hasley-Books,
Christy Fisher, and Ellen Pack were confirmed by the AB. They were
subbed to the EC list on April 12.
The EC elected Ellen Pack
as chair for the remainder of the year. Shirley Cullum remained Pub/Sec.
The EC Web site was revamped
on April 23rd. In anticipation of the upcoming election, new election
pages were constructed and uploaded.
MAY 2006
May 4 - Training began
on handling nominations.
7 May - Format changes
were made on the Registered List to accommodate the new Special Project
Representative position that eliminated the Archives and Tombstone Representative
positions.
15 May - The membership
list containing 2279 names was uploaded for the May newsletter. There
were 118 bounces, a number higher than the EC finds acceptable. Extra
effort was made to make corrections.
22 May - Testing began
on the nomination form.
JUNE 2006
1 June - The nomination
period opened. Due to a technical glitch of unknown origin, occasionally
the EC did not receive that portion of the nomination containing the name
of the nominator. The EC apologizes to those nominators the EC was
unable to contact.
6 June - The EC regretfully
accepted the resignation of EC member LaRae Halsey-Brooks.
13 June - Early in the
morning the EC learned that the nomination form had closed 24 hours early.
The EC does not have access to the server that houses the form, so a note
was quickly dispatched to all USGenWeb list informing members to send nominations
privately to two EC members. Several new nominations came in throughout
the day, and all were processed. The EC regrets the inconvenience
to the members. The EC also would like to take this opportunity to
point out that technical difficulties out of our control are good reasons
why members should not wait until the last minute to submit nominations,
to notify the EC if they do not receive a password, or to vote.
Durning the nomination
period, the EC processed 132 nominations, the second highest number of
nominations since the SEC was formed. The record stands at 140 in
2003.
19 June - The final ballot
was certified by the EC, and submitted to Larry for set-up.
Candidates:
National Coordinator
One Year Term Ending
31 August 2007
Scott Burrow
Paulette Carpenter
Bill Oliver
--
Representative At Large
To complete Two Year
Term Ending 8/31/2007
Bobbie Dunn
Michael A. Peterson
Fred Smoot
--
NENC County Coordinator
Representative
To complete Two Year
Term Ending 8/31/2007
Debra Beheler
Jan Cortez
[Sandra Quinn - Withdrew
June 28]
--
NENC County Coordinator
Representative
Two Year Term Ending
8/31/2008
Alice Allen
[Lorraine Newsome - withdrew
June 27]
Jeff Scism
--
NWPL County Coordinator
Representative
Two Year Term Ending
8/31/2008
Jason Mendenhall
Greta Thompson
--
SEMA State Coordinator
Representative
Two Year Term Ending
8/31/2008
Darrel Bell
Paul Buckley
Mari Byers
Heather DeGeorge
Freddie Spradlin
--
SEMA County Coordinator
Representative
Two Year Term Ending
8/31/2008
Donna Allen
Linda Blum-Barton
--
SWSC State Coordinator
Representative
Two Year Term Ending
8/31/2008
Larry Flesher (unopposed)
--
SWSC County Coordinator
Representative
Two Year Term Ending
8/31/2008
Don Kelly
Phyllis Rippee
--
19 June - The membership
list containing 2203 names was sent for uploading for the June newsletter.
There were 69 bounces, a figure much better than last month. However,
it was noted that there were an excessive number of members who did not
receive newsletters, but who should have. The EC is investigating
the situation.
30 June - The EC notified
the project that due to technical difficulties beyond EC control, passwords
would not be sent out on schedule, and voting would not begin on 1 July.
The date voting would begin would be announced as soon as it was known.
Respectfully submitted,
USGenWeb Election Committee
