Midsouth Makers Yearly Board Voting Begins Now

[Rich Thompson]

Greetings Makers!


It's time to vote for your new board from the Nominees we gathered November 1st - 7th.

This year's nominees are:

• President Nominee: Rich Thompson 
  
• Vice-President: Brant Sollis 
  
• Treasurer: Cliff Gurlen 
  
• Secretary: David Bradford 
  

We don't have multiple nominees for each position but we still need your vote.

Starting TODAY, 12/1/2018 and for the next 7 days through 12/7/2018 we'll be taking votes for the Midsouth Maker Officers - President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary. 

Please send your vote via email, telegram (private message) or reply to me directly on this thread. The email address for voting is secr...@midsouthmakers.org or bo...@midsouthmakers.org.

Get your votes in by December 7th to be counted.

Each officer's duties can be found on our wiki at http://wiki.midsouthmakers.org/a/Officer_Duties. Thank you for your help.

If you have any questions about this process or if you'd like to discuss a candidate, please contact myself or another board member.

Yearly Election Information / Process:

• Elections are held on December 1st through 7th of every year. 
  
• Nominations for elections are held November 1st through the 7th. 
  
• Nominations must be made via email to secr...@midsouthmakers.org or bo...@midsouthmakers.org 
  
• Members who wish to run for board member positions must: 
  
• Be in good standing for 2 or more consecutive months prior to nomination 
  
• Current in their membership dues to the month of nominations 
  
• The Secretary will provide private ballots and be responsible for collecting and calculating ballots. 
  
• Ballots should be available to members no later than November 30th. 
  
• Any nomination that the Secretary is unable to receive acceptance from the nominee will not be included on the ballot. 
  
• If the secretary is unable to secure nominee acceptance by November 30th, that nominee will not appear on the ballot. 
  
• Completed ballots will be accepted via email from member's email on file, sent to secr...@midsouthmakers.org or bo...@midsouthmakers.org during the time of elections. 
  
• The outcome of the votes will be put before the board and ratified in a special, open board meeting. 
  
• In the event of a tie, the presiding board will determine the winner by a majority vote. 
  
• Probationary members at the time of elections are not permitted to vote in yearly elections or nominate candidates. 
  
• Members "in poor standing" are allowed to vote and may nominate a 3rd party. 
  
• Nominations by proxy is handled exactly like voting by proxy "so long as the board has been notified and approved your request" 
  
• Nominations will be listed on the wiki for the current year election once the nomination has been accepted by the nominee.
  

Thanks!

Rich Thompson

Midsouth Makers Secretary