My apologies for the delay in getting this out.
The 2016 Election had 1 question for the Slate of Officers - which was required by the Election Buddy Online voting application. As you are all aware, there were no other candidates for any of the positions, so the Slate was accepted by acclamation, according to the terms of our Constitution and By-laws.
The 2017-2018 Slate of Officers are:
Clif Redden, President
Susan Mouw, Secretary/Treasurer
Jean Ribbeck - Western District Director
Gordon Gilliam - North Central District Director
Paul Smith - South Central District Director
Larry Clionsky - North East District Director
Don Cash - South East District Director
The other six questions on the ballot were for Constitutional changes, which were published here in the forum for a couple of months prior to the election. You can read the full ballot here:
http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/docs/2016%20Election%20ballot.pdfFor the first time, the Ameraucana Breeders Club used an online application for the election, called Election Buddy, for voting security and anonymity. We also mailed out ballots to those who preferred to not use an online system, or who had previously indicated to receive club correspondence via printed materials (such as bulletins, etc).
Of the 264 emailed ballots, 62 voted in the online application. Of the 25 mailed ballots, 3 returned the completed ballots. Here are the combined results.
Here is a link to the final tally for online voting:
https://www.electionbuddy.com/elections/33540/results/evwa7ec9g
And the report for the mailed ballots:
http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/docs/printed%20ballot%20results.jpegIn summary, all items passed. The new Constitution will take effect on January 1, 2017. I will update the files online as soon as possible.
Thank you to everyone that participated and a special thanks to Jeff Vance, for managing the mailed in ballots and his work as 2016 Mail Election Commissioner!
