I find the most interesting thing about this result is that we have 5 vacanies
on the board and 7 candidates (at this time). I wonder if the first 2 elected
will get the 2 'elected' positions and the 3 with the next highest votes get
the 3 appointed positions. At least the membership will have 'voted' these
people in. It seems ironic that one of the reasons for changing the make up of
the board was due to insufficient candidates.

For what it is worth - Ken and I did not receive ballot papers in New Zealand
so we were not able to vote. (And we were in NZ to receive the ballots papers
at the time!!) I wonder how many other international members did not even get
an opportunity to vote.

Jeanette Nutsford
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> From: Sletten Kenneth W KPWA <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Results of Interex "Special Election"
> Date: 06 August 1999 00:16
>
> To hp3000-L,
> copy Interex BOD:
>
> In Interex "Hot News" email received by me @ 14:55 today:
>
> <<
> > INTEREX SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS
> >
> > In June, the Interex Board of Directo

rs passed an amendment to the
> > Bylaws changing the composition of the board. A ballot was sent to all
> > members with a due date of July 30, 1999. The results of the special
> > election have been confirmed by the independent auditor and are now
> > available to members on the Interex Web site at
> > http://www.interex.org/inside/election/index.html
> >
> > E-mail any questions to [log in to unmask] to reach all board
> > members simultaneously.
> >>
>
> ????....  surely it is not a "state secret" to at *least* give the
> pass / fail result of the election to the world....  hmmm....:
> I'll do better than that:  Cut / paste gist of the web page you get
> to with the above URL, after logging in with membership number:
> ==========================================
>
> RESULTS OF INTEREX SPECIAL ELECTION Posted August 5, 1999
>
> Ballots for the Special Election were mailed on June 21, 1999 to
> all paid members as of June 14, 1999. The independent auditor
> received a total of 638 ballots representing 11% of the membership
> (vs. 9.5% for the invalid 1999 Board election). The number voting
> FOR the amendment was 469 or 73.5% of the total. The number
> voting AGAINST the amendment was 169 or 26.5%.
>
> Passage of the amendment results in two elected positions and three
> appointed positions being open for the Year 2000 Board. Seven members have
> declared their candidacy for election to that Board.
> ===========================================
>
> sigh.....  so about eight percent of the membership ended up
> "approving" this major change in how the leadership of Interex
> is determined.....   fleeting recollections about uninformed
> democracy being a dangerous thing come to mind...   At least
> for the moment, I refrain from additional comment....
>
> Ken Sletten