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| Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 3:00pm to be sure you get to cast yours. | | Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 3:00pm to be sure you get to cast yours. |
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− | The ballot for this election has been e-mailed to the membership and [[Media:2016_11_WPLUG_Ballot.pdf | is available as a PDF]] on the wiki. Blank ballots will also be available at the meeting. Detailed instructions for voting are given at [[Election Instructions]].
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− | Those who were nominated at the October 29, 2016 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):
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− | * Patrick Barron
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− | * Terry Golightly
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− | * Vance Kochenderfer
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− | * Joseph Prostko
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− | * Justin Smith
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| === Candidate Statements === | | === Candidate Statements === |
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− | ==== Patrick Barron ====
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− | ==== Terry Golightly ====
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− | ==== Vance Kochenderfer ====
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− | ==== Joseph Prostko ====
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− | ==== Justin Smith ====
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| == Meeting Minutes == | | == Meeting Minutes == |
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− | '''DRAFT'''
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− | WPLUG held a General User Meeting at IBM Squirrel Hill on November 19th, 2016. The meeting was called to order at 3:22pm.
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− | The minutes of the previous (October 29th) GUM were read, and were adopted as read.
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− | <u>Reports of Officers</u>
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− | ''Chair'' - Nothing to report.
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− | ''Vice chair'' - Nothing to report.
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− | ''Secretary'' - WPLUG currently has 13 members. One membership is due to lapse through the end of December - that member is the secretary, and he has notified himself.
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− | ''Treasurer'' - WPLUG's checking account balance is $432.97. A debit from Linode was processed on 10/3, and there is an outstanding $20 check to deposit for a membership renewal.
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− | ''Director at Large'' - Nothing to report
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− | <u>Committee Reports</u>
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− | ''Events Committee'' - Nothing to report
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− | ''Technology Committee'' - Nothing to report
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− | ''Investigating Committee'' - Nothing to report
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− | ''Marketing and Communications Committee'' - Nothing to report
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− | <u>Board of Directors Election</u>
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− | The meeting was recessed briefly to conduct the election. After the members' ballots were cast and counted, the meeting was reconvened at 3:49pm.
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− | The final tally of ballots showed the following results:
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− | Pat Barron - 18 points<br/>
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− | Justin Smith - 18 points<br/>
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− | Terry Golightly - 17 points<br/>
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− | Joseph Prostko - 17 points<br/>
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− | Vance Kochenderfer - 16 points<br/>
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− | Dan Martin (write-in) - 3 points<br/>
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− | Jared Jennings (write-in) - 1 point<br/>
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− | There were no illegal ballots cast.
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− | After tallying the results, the following members were declared elected to the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2016-2017: Pat Barron, Justin Smith, Terry Golightly, Joseph Prostko, Vance Kochenderfer
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− | <u>New Business</u>
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− | The Chair asked the Vice Chair to take over the meeting in order that the Chair could offer a motion.
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− | The Chair moved that the bylaws of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group be rescinded, and the organization's assets be placed into the care of a custodian appointed by the Board of Directors for safekeeping, until a potential future time when an individual or individuals may have interest in reconstituting the organization. After debate and amendment, the motion was adopted, and the [[Media:Bylaws-amendment-Nov2016.txt|amended proposal]] will be put to the membership via absentee ballot.
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− | Their being no further business before the assembly, the meeting was adjourned at 4:10pm.
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− | '''DRAFT'''
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| == Meeting Staff == | | == Meeting Staff == |
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| == Carpooling == | | == Carpooling == |
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− | * [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - driving in from the South Hills - e-mail me if interested
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| * Your name/location here | | * Your name/location here |
| * Your name/location here | | * Your name/location here |