Director Elections / Nominations!

[Amanda Sari Perez]

heyyyyy AHA! The 6 monthly director elections are here again. You can run and/or vote for 5 people to make decisions for AHA. Here are the basic deets below:

today - Oct 19: People can start nominating themselves or others over the mailing list. 

Oct 19: If you nominate yourself or accept someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are running to bo...@allhandsactive.com by this date!

Oct 19 - Oct 26: AHA members can vote and change their vote throughout the week. 

Oct 26: We're using a Weighted Instant-Runoff system to determine top 5 chosen.

Oct 27: New board put into place

Voting members are those who pay $20 or more in the month of October, or exchange officer responsibilities for membership.

<3

[Joshua Valdés]

vote for Valdés

[Jonathan Beard]

I nominate Xander, Nathan Dotz, Josh, and Amanda. :)

On Sep 27, 2011 1:32 PM, "Amanda Sari Perez" <amanda.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> heyyyyy AHA! The 6 monthly director elections are here again. You can run
> and/or vote for 5 people to make decisions for AHA. Here are the basic deets
> below:
>

> *today - Oct 19*: People can start nominating themselves or others over the
> mailing list.
> *Oct 19*: If you nominate yourself or accept someone else's nomination, send

> an email explicitly stating that you are running to bo...@allhandsactive.com by
> this date!

> *
> *
> *Oct 19 - Oct 26*: AHA members can vote and change their vote throughout the
> week.
> *Oct 26*: We're using a Weighted Instant-Runoff system to determine top 5
> chosen.
> *
> *
> *Oct 27*: New board put into place

[Amanda Sari Perez]

I nominate Nate Yost!

[Jan Wiśniewski]

I nominate Alex, Nima, Matt and Mark.

[Alexandra Glowaski]

Second the Nate Yost nomination for sure! I also nominate Justin Konen, Jenn Mann, Matt Oishi, and Matt Kloiber (Skinnyjeans). I'd be happy to see any of these people on the board.

- merlin!

2011/9/29 Jan Wiśniewski <jan...@gmail.com>

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[Amanda Sari Perez]

Ooh, I'd second any of them too.

[Alexander Honkala]

For all them that have been nominated, a reminder: in order for your nomination to be official you must confirm your acceptance of it with a quick email to bo...@allhandsactive.com because we're not going to force elect them that ain't willing.

-X

2011/9/29 Amanda Sari Perez <amanda.s...@gmail.com>

[Amanda Sari Perez]

Sending out a second ping on this - we've only got 2 people that have confirmed their nomination to bo...@allhandsactive.com, so technically they're the only 2 people running:

Valdes and Nate Dotz.

Since there is room for 5, send the board an email if you want to be in the running too!

-amanda-

2011/9/29 Alexander Honkala <alexande...@gmail.com>

[Alexander Honkala]

Valdes nominated:

Valdes

JBeard nominated:

Xander, Amanda, Josh, Nate

Amanda nominated:

Neonate

Jan nominated:

Alex, Matt, Mark, Nima

Alex nominated:

Kloiber, Jenn, Oishi, and Justin

So far Valdes and Nate have confirmed their candidacy.

-X

2011/10/2 Amanda Sari Perez <amanda.s...@gmail.com>

[Alexandra Glowaski]

I also nominate ech0!

2011/10/2 Alexander Honkala <alexande...@gmail.com>

[Joshua Valdés]

YAY
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFlGlEsw5Tc

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Valdés of Ann Arbor

[Jennifer Mann]

Hey All,

I accept my nomination to the board.  Disclaimer: While I would love to be on the board either way, I might not be in Ann Arbor for more than a few more months.  I might be staying here, though, I'm not positive.  End disclaimer. Still, I think being a board member of the great thing known as AHA would be great.

- Jenn

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Jennifer Mann
PhD Candidate
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
jenn...@umich.edu

[Corinne]

I nominate Xander, Nate Dotz, Jonathan Beard, and Josh

[Jonathan Beard]

I accept nomination to run for a director position at AHA. My previous
experience includes serving on the boards of a historical society, two
community centers, a school board, two condominium associations, and
three corporations. My interest in serving on AHA's board is to help
leverage the hackerspace into higher prominence / visibility, ensure
long term funding, and ensure access to an accessible space amenable
to project work and tool use.

--Jon / jbeard / dickwolf

[Alexander Honkala]

I wish I knew how to quit you, AHA.

I accept nomination to run for director of AHA again. This would be my 3rd term if you all want me to keep at it. Previous accomplishments in this role include 1) getting a nonprofit account set up for AHA; 2) setting up the AHOPs deal with Josh W.; 3) overseeing the initial expansion; 4) getting us liability insurance; and 5) representing AHA to a lot of different audiences. Goals for this next would be to do fundraising to keep getting new tools and more space, and also recruiting more members.

-X

[Alexander Honkala]

Also:

I nominate Cucmber (Kimberly) and Josh W. for their work in organizing AHA's educational outreach, and Ox (Michael) for setting AHA's first fire.

-X

[Amanda Sari Perez]

Didn't Dang light the first fire? I have video evidence!

[Alexander Honkala]

Ox set a couch on fire. Dang meant to set his fire and it was controlled.

-X

[Amanda Sari Perez]

Way to go Ox!

[Michael S]

Just for that I turn down the nomination and will soon be joining the local Republican Party. FOUR MORE YEARS OF BUSH!

But yeah umm....I accept the nomination. Would a speech be useful?....

Michael (Ox)

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[Tyler Worman]

Would it be about how awesome setting the couch on fire was? If so, yes.

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From: Michael S <sen...@umich.edu>

Sender: aha...@googlegroups.com

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 23:26:19 -0400

To: <aha...@googlegroups.com>

ReplyTo: aha...@googlegroups.com

Subject: Re: [AllHandsActive] Director Elections / Nominations!

[Alexander Honkala]

This brings the certified candidates (you can certify a nomination as easily as sending an email to bo...@allhandsactive.com) list to:

Valdes (Dragonfly)

Nate Dotz (Sleepynate)

Jenn Mann (Murphypony)

Jon Beard (Dickwolf)

Xander Honkala (Lemminkainen)

Michael Senkow (Ox)

-X

[N Y]

So, I'm officially throwing my name into the pool here.

While I don't have experience leading organizations, I revel in leaving my comfort zone in order to try new things.  Primarily, my goals would be to get more long-term members into our ranks, and to find other ways to help AHA prosper financially/eventually expand further.  Some avenues I would like to explore to do this include the development of AHA into a thriving educational fixture in the community, as well as helping to incubate the great ideas people have into something that will make a mark on the world.

I want to be accessible and to hear your suggestions and ideas about how to make AHA better.  To that end, if I haven't met you yet, drop me a line.  If you're a sneaky AHA Shop list lurker-type and have never been to the space before, I'd be thrilled to show you around -- email me ahead of time, or catch me when I'm there, typically in the evenings.

Let's do this!

-- Nate Y.

[jamison lundy]

Hello folks I would like to throw my hat in the ring for this round of directors elections.

Jamison ech0 Lundy 

[Joshua Valdés]

I am interested in making the 'incubator' dream a visible reality for AHA!

[bilalghalib]

HOORAY! GLAD TO SEE THE ACTION FROM AFAR!

I'm leaning for more couch burning during new member initiation. Have
people been spreading enough rumors about AHA?
GOGO
+BG

On Oct 7, 3:15 am, jamison lundy <ech...@aol.com> wrote:
> Hello folks I would like to throw my hat in the ring for this round of directors elections.
> Jamison ech0 Lundy
>

> On Oct 6, 2011, at 4:33 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > So, I'm officially throwing my name into the pool here.
>
> > While I don't have experience leading organizations, I revel in leaving my comfort zone in order to try new things.  Primarily, my goals would be to get more long-term members into our ranks, and to find other ways to help AHA prosper financially/eventually expand further.  Some avenues I would like to explore to do this include the development of AHA into a thriving educational fixture in the community, as well as helping to incubate the great ideas people have into something that will make a mark on the world.
>
> > I want to be accessible and to hear your suggestions and ideas about how to make AHA better.  To that end, if I haven't met you yet, drop me a line.  If you're a sneaky AHA Shop list lurker-type and have never been to the space before, I'd be thrilled to show you around -- email me ahead of time, or catch me when I'm there, typically in the evenings.
>
> > Let's do this!
>
> > -- Nate Y.
>
> > On 10/05/2011 12:11 AM, Alexander Honkala wrote:
>
> >> This brings the certified candidates (you can certify a nomination as easily as sending an email to bo...@allhandsactive.com) list to:
>
> >> Valdes (Dragonfly)
> >> Nate Dotz (Sleepynate)
> >> Jenn Mann (Murphypony)
> >> Jon Beard (Dickwolf)
> >> Xander Honkala (Lemminkainen)
> >> Michael Senkow (Ox)
>
> >> -X
>

> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Tyler Worman <tswor...@novaslp.net> wrote:
> >> Would it be about how awesome setting the couch on fire was? If so, yes.

> >> From: Michael S <senk...@umich.edu>

> >> Sender: aha...@googlegroups.com
> >> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 23:26:19 -0400
> >> To: <aha...@googlegroups.com>
> >> ReplyTo: aha...@googlegroups.com
> >> Subject: Re: [AllHandsActive] Director Elections / Nominations!
>
> >> Just for that I turn down the nomination and will soon be joining the local Republican Party. FOUR MORE YEARS OF BUSH!
>
> >> But yeah umm....I accept the nomination. Would a speech be useful?....
>
> >> Michael (Ox)
>

> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Amanda Sari Perez <amanda.sari.pe...@gmail.com>                   wrote:
> >> Way to go Ox!
>

> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Alexander Honkala <alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Ox set a couch on fire. Dang meant to set his fire and it was controlled.
>
> >> -X
>

> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Amanda Sari Perez <amanda.sari.pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Didn't Dang light the first fire? I have video evidence!                                      
>

> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Alexander Honkala <alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Also:
>
> >> I nominate Cucmber (Kimberly) and Josh W. for their work in organizing AHA's educational outreach, and Ox (Michael) for setting AHA's first fire.
>
> >> -X
>

> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Alexander Honkala <alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I wish I knew how to quit you, AHA.
>
> >> I accept nomination to run for director of AHA again. This would be my 3rd term if you all want me to keep at it. Previous accomplishments in this role include 1) getting a                                                           nonprofit account set up                                                           for AHA; 2) setting up the AHOPs deal with Josh W.; 3) overseeing                                                           the initial expansion; 4)                                                           getting us liability insurance; and 5) representing AHA to a lot of different audiences. Goals for this next would be to do                                                           fundraising to keep getting new tools and more space, and also recruiting more members.
>
> >> -X
>

[Kimberly Frey]

I would like to accept Xander's nomination.  While I don't have much history with most of you, and I don't have advanced knowledge of technology, I have a desire to expand AHA's reach to younger people.  My interests mostly lie in the realm of elementary education.  I would like to see more collaboration with schools and children's groups.  There has been some discussion of reaching out to homeschooling networks, and I wholeheartedly want to see that happen.  There are a lot of people out there who I'm sure would love the opportunities we can offer them.  We just need to reach out and find them!  I'm at a time in my life right now where this is exactly the sort of thing I want to be doing.  I have the time and energy to work toward larger goals, and I would like nothing more than to work toward them with you folk!

Thanks :)

Kimberly (Cucumber)