"I vote for Jeff Lane for NJGenWeb Coordinator"
- Jack Mount for Mercer Co.
---- Janice Brown <janicebr(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
TO: All NJGENWEB County and Town Coordinators
FROM: Janice Brown, Acting State Coordinator, NJGenWeb
RE: URGENT--NJGenWeb Elections
I have been reminded that since NJGenWeb has not formally adopted bylaws, that our
election process has no legal precedent. Therefore, there are in fact, no guidelines on
how NJGenWeb must hold an election.
Due to the length of time and effort that would be required, on the part of our regional
representatives, to hold a state election, I am instead selecting the NJGenWeb KISS method
for the CURRENT SC election process. (Hopefully the next time an election is held we will
have agreed upon bylaws and protocols for how and when it will be held).
Please read this ENTIRE message before you reply.
As acting SC of NJGenWeb, I am requesting a ROLL CALL VOTE be called immediately for the
election of the NJGenWeb State Coordinator position.
CANDIDATES:
---Jeff Lane, County Coordinator of Burlington County
---Janice Brown, County Coordinator of Atlantic, Bergen & Gloucester Counties, and
former ASC of NJGenWeb
BIOGRAPHIES:
****JEFF LANE****
My name is Jeffrey Lane and I am running for the New Jersey Genweb
State Coordinator position. I am excited about New Jersey genealogy
as I have many ancestors who lived there. I am currently the County
Coordinator for Burlington county where most of my ancestors were.
I have worked on genealogy for nearly ten years - and technology has
really changed things for us. I have experience and talent in making
webpages so I feel I could offer a lot for this project. Please consider
voting for me; and I look forward to working with you on opening doors
to our past and helping others to also....
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Lane
****JANICE BROWN****
I have been a member of USGenWeb since March 2002 for New Hampshire
(three townships). Early in 2003 when I moved to New Jersey, I adopted
Gloucester County. At that time the county site consisted of a couple
of pages, and I have done my best to improve it, and provide valuable
research material that my visitors requested. [SEE with Waybackmachine:
http://web.archive.org/web/19981201191132/www.rootsweb.com/~njglouce/ ]
SEE it now..
http://www.nj.searchroots.com/Gloucesterco/index.html
My background is in marketing, computer software, web page design, writing,
and fund raising. I ran my own web design business, and was a contributor
to
Sams.net book, "Internet Unleashed." I've been an amateur genealogist
for about 25 years. I'm also an avid history buff, and maintain a blog
about New Hampshire (called "Cow Hampshire").
In addition to my experience with web design (I designed and maintain our
NJGenWeb state web site), I am also well versed with email/mailing lists
(I moderate the NJGLOUCE/Gloucester county list).
I have not found a single ancestor (so far) that was either born in New Jersey,
lived here, or possibly even passed through :D That does not seem to be an
impediment to my helping people research their family tree in this state.
I appreciate the time and effort that each one of you, as volunteers, invest in
NJGenWeb, in order to make it a reality.
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VOTING INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read BOTH BIOGRAPHIES first (above).
2. REPLY TO THIS EMAIL AND indicate your CHOICE for STATE COORDINATOR; i.e. using the
"REPLY" button, please post to this email list and indicate ONLY ONE of the
following:
A) "I vote for Janice Brown for NJGenWeb Coordinator"
B) "I vote for Jeff Lane for NJGenWeb Coordinator"
C) "I ABSTAIN from voting for NJGenWeb Coordinator" [by stating this you
indicated that you prefer not to vote, and you will abide by the roll call decision of the
majority of the remainder of the coordinators who express their vote.]
D) "I OBJECT to this process" [By stating this you indicate that you object
to this style of voting. Only if a majority of coordinators object will I request a new
election, (using USGenWeb representatives to assist us with an anonymous voting
procedure.) Note: You may also choose to state, "I OBJECT to this process, however I
vote for ---- ].
** Please insure that when you respond that your vote is being sent to THIS NJGEN email
list, and not privately to Janice and/or Jeff. [the address in the TO box of your email
form when you reply SHOULD be to njgen(a)rootsweb.com ]. This way the vote will also be
posted to the archives.
This option to vote for NJGenWeb SC will be left open for 7 days from today (i.e. the
last day to vote is January 27, 2007 at midnight. Any vote cast after this time will be
considered invalid.
On January 27, 2007 (date) the results of the voting will be announced. Anyone wishing to
see the results may simply read their email, and tally the votes, or you may also visit
the njgen archives for this mailing list at:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJGEN/
RULES OF ELECTION.
1. Majority Rules. whomever (of the candidates) receives at least half plus 1, of the
number of votes cast during this roll call vote, wins the election and becomes the duly
elected State Coordinator of NJGenWeb.
2. We currently have 22 active CC/TCs namely: Gene Aimone, Janice Brown, Michelle
Chubenko, Shawn Dempsey, Stephanie Facik, Glenn Geisheimer, Bill T. Hastings, Wally
Hubert, Brianne Kelly-Bly, Jeff Lane, Stephen Lignowski, Mary Lish, Julie Lund, Robin
Chalmers Mason, Jack Mount, Pat Mount, Karen Piper, Lynn Ranieri, Al Sinclair, Charles
Updike, Denise Wells, and Nathan Zipfel. TWO-THIRDS (2/3) of those on this master list, or
15 of CC/TC's must respond to this roll call vote, in order for the election to be
considered valid.
3. If a majority (see #1) of CC/TC responders indicate they OBJECT to this method of
voting/selecting an SC, an independent group selected from within our regional USGenWeb
representatives will be called in to moderate a formal election.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
1. The list of CCs and TCs above were compiled from respondees to both our official roll
calls, and to recent additional email sent to them. If a town coordinator who is not
currently listed above, but indeed is a valid coordinator, states their vote during this
election, it will count as a valid vote.
Thank you
Janice Brown
Acting SC, NJGenWeb
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