Results of the First OGM Absentee Ballot for 2015

Following are the results of the online and onsite voting at the first OGM of 2015, held June 28th 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Yamanishi Welfare Memorial Hall, Osaka-shi, Osaka.
The following refers to everything but the Business Report:
1325 Total votes were cast online
10 votes were invalid because they were duplicates by the same person
3 were invalid because the individuals are local members
23 were invalid because the individuals’ memberships had expired on or before May 31
1289 valid votes were cast online
8 members who had not voted online were at the OGM
1297 was the final total vote count
2556 was the final eligible voter count
1279 was quorum (50% + 1 of 2556)
We reached quorum.
With 1297 valid votes cast, 650 yes votes were needed to pass anything.
Following are the voting results:
1. The Business Report did not pass. 1297 votes were received, but the first 450 were cast when the report had an error. After it was corrected, we were advised that these people all needed to vote again. Only 339 voted again, so only 1186 votes were received and that did not reach quorum. It will be presented again in November.
2. The Financial Report passed. 1297 votes received.
898 approved
11 did not approve
388 abstained
3. The Audit Report passed. 1297 votes received.
891 approved
4 did not approve
402 abstained
4. The Business Plan passed. 1297 votes received.
847 approved
26 did not approve
424 abstained
5. The Budget motion passed. 1297 votes received.
856 approved
35 did not approve
406 abstained
6. The dues increase motion passed. 1297 votes received.
675 approved
296 did not approve
326 abstained
Submitted by
Aleda KrauseJALT Auditor