AGA Board Elections
AGA Board Candidates 2013
According to the AGA By-Laws, ultimate authority resides with an elected Board of Directors, who select the President. Four of the AGA's seven directors are up for election this year for two year terms.
Western Region Director (2 year term for seat currently held by Andrew Okun) Central Region Director (2 year term for seat currently held by Lisa Scott) Eastern Region Director 2 year term for seat currently held by Chuck Robbins) At-Large Director (2 year term for seat currently held by Jie Li)
All full AGA members may vote for the At-Large Director.
All AGA chapters with two or more members can vote for the director in their region in this election. Chapters with 2-4 members get one vote; 5-9 members gain an additional vote; and larger chapters get an additional vote for each ten additional members. Ballots will be mailed to all eligible voters in early July, the results will be tallied and announced at the US Go Congress in Seattle, WA, during the first week of August.
All ballots must be received by August 3.
The candidates below have been nominated by AGA members and approved by the AGA Nominating Committee. Click on the candidate's name to view that candidate's statement (if submitted).
| Region | Candidate |
|---|---|
| Eastern | |
| Central | |
| Western |
Procedures
For your vote to count, make sure your club is an official AGA Chapter (chapters are marked with the AGA logo on the Chapter Page) and has at least two affiliated members.
Nominations are now being accepted and will close on the fifteenth (15th) of June 2013. Nominations may be made in writing or email and only by current AGA members. Any member affiliated with an AGA Chapter may nominate any full AGA member to be a director to represent the region in which that chapter is located. The nominee must meet the criteria below and confirm in writing that he/she has read the by-laws and is willing to serve. A member must specify a single chapter affiliation for AGA regional voting purposes, even if the member belongs to more than one chapter. Nominations need to specify the position for which the nomination is made.
To be eligible for election, by the calendar deadline for making nominations, - 15 June 2013 - each candidate must meet all of the following criteria:
- Be at least 21 years of age.
- Be a full member in good standing for a period of at least one year.
- Have resided in the USA for at least six of the last twelve months. Residence offshore as a member of a US Military service will be regarded as US residence.
- Declare in writing a willingness to run and perform the duties of office.
- Declare in writing that they have read the Article of Incorporation and Bylaws of the AGA.
- For regional directors, a candidate must be a resident of the region they wish to represent.
- For at-large directors, a candidate may reside anywhere in the United States, including the territories.
Nominations must be sent via e-mail to elections@usgo.org
2013 Board Elections Online Voting Procedure
To vote go to www.ballotbin.com
There will be a "vote here" window in the upper left. You may hand type or copy and paste the entire string in the window. A ballot for the region or at-large director should be displayed. Click on the chad next to the candidate of your choice and then "done" to cast your vote. You must do this for each voting code.
If you have any questions email elections@usgo.org
Schedule
5/4/13 Elections and call for nominations announced.
6/10/13 Each chapter representative receives a preliminary notice of the voting rights for each chapter. This notice will show the names of the full members of the AGA that are affiliated with each each chapter and how many votes each chapter is entitled to. This notice is intended to give each chapter a chance to verify that all of their affiliated members are properly counted. A second listing will be sent shortly before the voting rights are determined.
6/15/13 Nominations close.
6/16/13 Nominees announced.
6/21/13 Ballots sent to members and each current chapter. The ballots for each chapter will indicate how many votes that chapter is entitled to. At this time the the number of votes for each chapter will be fixed. All correction to the affiliated members list must be in the hands of the data base manager by that time. To be elegible to vote, membership must be current as of 7/1/2013.
8/04/13 Official deadline for ballots to be returned to the election committee. If they do not arrive by this time they will not be counted.
8/05/13 The ballots will be counted and the results will be announced at the congress and in the e-Journal.
