AGA Board Candidates 2008

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)
Central Region Director (2 year term)
Eastern Region Director (2 year term)
At-Large Director (2 year term)

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 chapters in early July, the results will be tallied and announced at the US Go Congress in Portland, OR, during the first week of August.

All current members can vote for the at-large director and will receive an e-mail ballot in early July. Members for whom we do not have e-mail addresses will receive ballots by regular mail; follow the instructions and mail it back. All mail ballots must be received by July 30.

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).

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 2008. Nominations must be made in writing 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. Any member may nominate a candidate for the At-Large position. 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 2008 - each candidate must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Be at least 21 years of age.
2. Be a full member in good standing for a period of at least one year.
3. Have been resident 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.
4. Declare in writing a willingness to run and perform the duties of office.
5. Declare in writing that they have read the Article of Incorporation and Bylaws of the AGA.
6. For regional directors, a candidate must be a resident of the region they wish to represent.
7. 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 or by ground mail to:

Arnold Eudell
9513 Baroness Ct.
Laurel, Maryland 20723

Schedule

5/5/08 Elections and call for nominations announced.

6/10/08 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.

6/15/08 Nominations close.

6/16/08 Nominees announced.

6/21/08 Ballots sent to each current chapter for regional offices and to all members for the At-Large position. 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, a chapter's membership must be current as of 7/1/07.

7/30/08 Official deadline for ballots to be returned to the election committee. If they do not arrive by this time they will not be counted.

8/03/08 The ballots will be counted and the results will be announced at the congress.