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Results of 2008 National Officer Elections

Fellow JALT members,

As Nominations and Elections Committee Chair I hereby announce that the results of the 2008 National Officer Elections are as follows:

  • President: Caroline Lloyd
  • Vice President: Cynthia Keith
  • Director of Membership: Nathan Furuya
  • Director of Program: Philip McCasland
  • Director of Public Relations: Emi Itoi**
  • Director of Records: Aleda Krause
  • Director of Treasury: Kevin Cleary
  • Auditor: Tadashi Ishida

A total of 178 valid ballots were received by the official postmark deadline.

  • President - Caroline Lloyd 117, Peter Wanner 58, write-ins 0, abstentions 3
  • Vice President - Cynthia Keith 166, write-ins 6, abstentions 6
  • Director of Membership - Nathan Furuya 138, Nicolas Gromik 31, abstentions 9
  • Director of Program - Philip McCasland 171, write-ins 1, abstentions 6
  • Director of Public Relations* - Emi Itoi 84, Rieko Matsuoka 84, write-ins 1, abstentions 9
  • Director of Records - Aleda Krause 173, write-ins 1, abstentions 4
  • Director of Treasury - Kevin Cleary 172, write-ins 1, abstentions 5
  • Auditor - Tadashi Ishida 167, write-ins 3, abstentions 8

On behalf of JALT I would like to thank all the candidates for their public-spiritedness and commitment to this association in accepting their nominations and participating in this election. We wish the newly elected officers well for their coming terms. And to the official candidates who were not successful this time, our commiserations, but also a particular vote of thanks for helping to keep the spirit of democratic pluralism alive in JALT. Likewise, I would also like to thank everyone who voted in this election, thereby giving meaning to the whole process and sending the elected officers a clear message of support. Thanks are also extended to the Hadano Post Office, Paul Collett, Junko Fujio, Etsuko Gutierrez and Malcolm Swanson for their help with election arrangements.

Submitted by Timothy Gutierrez, JALT NEC Chair 2008

* Following JALT Bylaws: Article IV.8:
In the event of a tie vote for any national office, the result shall be decided by random selection by the NEC in the presence of the candidates or their designated representatives at or before the next Executive Board Meeting.

** Following discussion after the results of the election were announced,
Rieko Matsuoka has withdrawn from the race for Director of Public Relations.

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