As a general rule, I don't participate in email lists unless it is
important.  I have purposely stayed out of the election discussion as I was
unsure of how to express my disinterest in the result.  But now as I look at
the election tallies, I have to wonder... 

What was this published for?  How important is this to anyone?  

I suppose if we were a bunch of high schools students we would now know who
was most popular.  But as adults, who cares?

Mark Ranft

-----Original Message-----
From: OpenMPE Support Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ron
Seybold
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 4:58 PM
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Subject: Details on OpenMPE Election Results

Hello Friends:

OpenMPE has voted to release the candidate-specific details of its 
2006 election. The voting put two new directors onto the advocacy 
group's board of directors, a set of volunteers who do just about all 
of the work for the four-year-old organization. Three of the four 
incumbents earned back their seats in the election, which drew a 
record number of ballots.

Six volunteers ran for the five board seats, with the top five 
vote-getters winning in the election. The results reported by the 
board, and confirmed in independent observation by The 3000 NewsWire:

111 people voted
492 total votes were cast

Donna Garverick: 101
John Wolff: 91
Mathew Perdue: 83
Bill Lancaster: 82
Jennifer Fisher: 69
Steve Suraci: 66

John Wolff, the vice-chair of the Board of Directors, explained how 
the voting process works.

     "When a ballot for OpenMPE Directors is cast on the OpenMPE.org 
Web site, the ballot data is automatically sent to three e-mail 
address at once: to the Corporate Secretary, to the Webmaster, and to 
the independent election observer. At no time do the ballots pass 
through any one person's hands."

     "After the polls close, the results are separately counted by the 
Corporate Secretary as well as the independent election observer. 
Then they are compared. This year there was complete reconciliation 
between the two counts. The Webmaster also concurred with the 
results. The Board then meets and ratifies the results. Winning and 
losing candidates are then notified of the results by the Corporate 
Secretary."

We have a blog entry for today about the election details with a 
little extra commentary. Have a look at it at 
<http://3000newswire.blogs.com/3000_newswire/2006/03/openmpe_opens_u.html>
-- 

Ron Seybold, Editor In Chief
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