Hello,
We are Christina Palmer and Jane Colmenares, members of the USGenWeb
Election Committee. Your current State Coordinator, Dale Grimm has requested
that we conduct an election for the next State Coordinator for OHGenWeb.
All announcements regarding the election will be sent to the OHGenWeb
members using the OHGENWEB list ( OHGEN(a)rootsweb.com). This is the first of
a number of announcements that will be sent to the list over the next
several weeks.
All correspondence relative to nominations and voting will be by *private*
e-mail. Any nominations submitted for consideration must be sent to
Christina *and* Jane at the following e-mail addresses:
Christina Palmer - usgwelections(a)gmail.com
Jane Colmenares - evancol(a)yahoo.com
*Nominations or votes submitted to the OHGenWeb list *will* *be* *ignored*.*
The election will be conducted in the following manner:
*Registration*
Monday, January 24, 2011 –Registrations Open
Sunday, February 6, 2011 Registration Ends
*NOMINATIONS*
Monday, February 7, 2011 - Nominations open.
Sunday, February 12, 2011 - Nominations close at midnight.
Any OHGenWeb member can nominate any other eligible OHGenWeb member for the
position of SC. You can also nominate yourself. Nominations must be
submitted privately to both of the EC Committee members listed above.
Nominations do not require a 'second'.
The election is only for the position of State Coordinator. The newly
elected SC will appoint one or more ASC to assist with the operation of the
state.
Nominees will be announced on the OHGenWeb list as received. A second notice
will be posted when they either accept or decline the nomination. A list of
eligible nominees that have accepted the nomination will be posted on the
OHGenWeb list on Monday, February 14, 2011.
*CAMPAIGNING*
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Campaigning will commence on Monday, February 14, 2011 after the list of
nominees is announced.
A period of one week will be set aside for campaigning. This can be
accomplished on the list up until Sunday, February 20th. After February
20th, no further campaigning is allowed on the OHGenWeb list, but, nominees
may create a campaign page on February 14th which may stay up for the
duration of the election.
*VOTING*
Voting will commence on February 21st end on midnight, Sunday, February
27th. Only eligible OHGenWeb members may cast a vote.
Votes *must* be sent by *private* e-mail to:
Christina Palmer - usgwelections(a)gmail.com
Jane Colmenares - evancol(a)yahoo.com
The winner of the SC election will be announced on February 28th.
Any questions about election procedures should be sent to both of the
Election Committee members at the e-mail addresses shown above. If it is an
issue that would concern all OHGenWeb members, the EC members will post it
to the list for all to see. There is no reason for any OHGenWeb member to
post inquiries to the list if they are in regards to the election.
Thank you for your cooperation and please participate in the election. Full
participation is essential in any election and is particularly important
when electing a State Coordinator.
Christina and Jane