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Election |
2019 Board Election Process |
Annual Election Meeting was held on Monday June 24th at 10AM PDT. Following that meeting and an online balloting process, the 2019 Zephyr Membership selected the following two individuals to join the Zephyr Board:
- Julie Dunbar, Dunbar Transportation
- Jonathan Erhrlich, Metropolitan Council (MN)
Since Jonathan and Julie currently recide in Minnesota and Illinois respectfully, this greatly rounds out our midwestern representation.
Welcome to our new board members and thank you to all the nominees for participating.
The nominees for the two board slots open for the 2019 election. In alphabetical order by first name:
Thank you so much to all of them for being willing to put in the time and put themselves out there!
Open seats are determined by the sum of:
A. Board members with expired terms;
B. Board members who have expressed a desire to rotate off the board early;
C. Any increase in the number of board seats.
The Secretary will confirm the number of board members with expired terms and any increase in board seats based on organizational records. The chair will confirm the desires of individual board members to serve for the following year and relay any additional seat information to the Secretary.
The Secretary will compile a list of board seat nominations from the Board as well as from an open nominations form distributed to members no later than ten days before the election. The Secretary shall confirm with each nominated party that they would like to appear on the ballot.
Eligible members per the Bylaws are determined the evening prior to the announcement of the Annual Member Meeting/Election. The Secretary will be responsible for compiling a list of eligible members and giving them access to voting.
The President is responsible for scheduling the annual member meeting/election. The Secretary is responsible for sending out an announcement of the meeting and the election to the membership. The election announcement can be combined with a call for nominations.
The Secretary is responsible for finalizing the ballot, which should appear in the online election as well as distributed via email. Each candidate may write a short paragraph about themself (maximum 200 words) to aid the voting members in understanding their perspective and background. The Secretary reserves the right to edit these for clarity or request revisions.
There are two main avenues for casting votes in the election:
A. Online poll
B. Member Meeting
The online poll will commence no later than two days prior to the member meeting and cease 24 hours after the member meeting closes. Votes cast via the online poll are in lieu of any votes cast at the member meeting and are anonymous.
Members also have the opportunity to publicly cast their votes at the member meeting, but must declare their voter-ID in the online poll so as to preclude any double-counting. Declaring a fraudulent voter-ID is grounds for membership termination.
The main purpose of the member meeting/election is to discuss board elections.
The Secretary will certify the results no later than 72 hours following the poll closure and will be responsible for announcing the results to the membership and posting to the website.
The 2019 election schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time | Item |
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| Monday June 10th | Midnight PDT | Eligible Member Finalization |
| Tuesday June 11th | Meeting Announcement | |
| Thursday June 13th | Midnight PDT | Nominations Close |
| Monday June 17th | COB PDT | Ballot Finalization |
| Wed June 19th | When you get your email | Online Voting Opens |
| Monday June 24th | 10AM PDT | Member Meeting |
| June 25th | Midnight PDT | Online Voting Closes |
| June 26th | Results Certification by Secretary | |
| June 27th | Results Announcement | |
| June 28th | Annual Board Meeting |