[amsat-bb] 2018 Corrected AMSAT Board of Directors Ballots

[Scott Medbury]

These errors seem to be increasing in frequency.

Scott KD5FBA

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On Jul 17, 2018 5:53 PM, Frank <k6fw1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I hope the error was the printing company's and that they are paying for 
> the printing and mailing the second time.  That would be fair.
>
> 73,
> Frank
> K6FW
> On 7/17/18 3:40 PM, Gabriel Zeifman wrote:
> > How unfortunate that our cash strapped, technology oriented organization is
> > having to waste so much money to print and mail two sets of paper ballots
> > to each and every member. Seems to me that electronic voting would save the
> > organization money, make voting more secure and efficient, prevent mishaps
> > such as this, and prevent some members from not receiving ballots like last
> > year.
> >
> > 73,
> > Gabe
> > AL6D/VE6NJH
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 2:33 PM Clayton Coleman W5PFG <tasmac at w5pfg.us> wrote:
> >
> >> Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT-NA
> >> members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have
> >> been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA
> >> office will not be counted.
> >>
> >> New ballots, labeled “CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018” and printed on
> >> yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members.
> >>
> >> Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates:
> >> Tom Clark, K3IO
> >> Mark Hammond, N8MH
> >> Scott Harvey, KA7FVV
> >> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
> >> Peter Portanova, W2JV
> >>
> >> The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the
> >> highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate
> >> members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Clayton
> >> W5PFG
> >> AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary
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