Election results for Chapter and group Executive Committees

The results have been announced for the 2005 Bay Chapter elections. The vote counts for the Chapter Executive Committee are (asterisks denote winners):

• *Juliet Lamont 501
• *Marjorie Macris 497
• *John Rizzo 455
• *Gordon Bennett 420
• *Arthur Boone 384
• Louis Nuyens 259
• Michelle Miller 256

The balloting for the Northern Alameda Group must be done over because three candidates' statements were omitted from the ballot statement mailed out with the November-December Yodeler. Votes on the previous ballot for Northern Alameda County Group ExComm will not be counted. Northern Alameda County Group members should have received a new ballot as a wrap-around to this Yodeler. If you are a Northern Alameda Group member and did not receive a new ballot, or have lost yours, contact the Chapter Office at (510) 848-0800 or email elections-at-sfbaysc.org

Ballots are due at the Chapter Office by 2 pm on Fri., Jan. 13. To volunteer to help at the ballot-counting party - at 10 am on Sat., Jan. 14, at the Chapter Office - contact Elections Committee chair Matt Morrison at (925) 413-6213.

The vote counts for the San Francisco Group are:

• *John Rizzo 149
• *Susan Vaughan 138
• *Ahimsa Porter Sumchai 125
• *Rick Galbreath 123
• *Steve Chapman 121
• David Pilpel 30

In all other groups, all candidates were elected. Two groups still have vacancies; if you are interested in serving, contact your group chair:

Mount Diablo Group,
Jim Blickenstaff, (925) 830-1929 or email jpblick-at-comcast.net

Tri-Valley Group,
Donna Cabanne, (925)447-8479 or email dcabanne-at-justicemail.com

The Chapter thanks Election Committee chair Matt Morrison and vote counters Carol Evans, Dilrini Ranatunga, and Emma Yee.

New officers

On Dec. 12 the new Chapter Executive Committee elected its officers for 2006. John Rizzo will continue as Chapter chair, and Juliet Lamont will continue as vice chair. Anna Robinson will continue as treasurer (non-voting), and Gordon Bennett will become vice treasurer.

Emma Yee has volunteered to serve as Chapter secretary.