Loren Dean was elected as Chair, defeating Pat Wright 47-44.
Loren Dean nominated Pat Wright for Vice Chair. The vote was Pat Wright 75; Ben Weir: 5; NOTA: 4. Pat Wright was elected.
Rebecca Lau and Chris Ganiere were nominated for Secretary. Rebecca Lau was elected Secretary by a vote of 50-35.
Chris Minoletti and Trendalyn Hallesy were nominated for Treasurer. Chris Minoletti was elected by a vote of 61-26.
Joe Dehn was elected as Northern Area Coordinator.
Marybeth Yuskavage was elected as Central Area Coordinator.
Brandon Jackson was elected as Southern Area Coordinator.
Why did they have the low number of voters? Was it because of poor turnout, or is that because of the way they elect officers?
ca. 85-90 attendees at the convention.
wow! that is poor
I am curious as to the boundaries of the Northen, Central and Southern areas. Not looking for a map just a general idea of what cities are included in each one.
In the past, the Southern Region was the ten southernmost counties including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Kern, and the rest was the Northern Region, with vice-chairs for each. In 2018 they rolled back to one vice-chair and established three regions with coordinators, with Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties going to the Central region, the Central Region between there and just south of the Bay area, and the Northern region everything else north of that.
Hope that explains it some. See Bylaw 12, Section 1-B at https://mywikis-wiki-media.s3.us-central-1.wasabisys.com/lpedia/CA_Bylaws_2022.pdf
Thanks. That explains it well.