The elections are over and Elections Officer Ben Baldanza reported our new slate of Society officers as follows

President: Greg Schlosser (yes: 16 no: 0)
Vice President: Erik Arneson (yes: 16 no: 0)
Treasurer: George Phillies (yes: 16 no: 0)
Editor: Tim Watson (yes: 15 no: 1)
Membership Secretary: Richard Gutenkunst (yes: 17 no: 0)
Director, Region 1: Steve Kurzban (yes: I no: 0)
Director, Region 2: Scott Boyd (yes: I no: 0)
Director, Region 3: Ted Cheatham (yes: 0 no: 0) see below
Director, Region 4: David Maye (yes: 3 no: 0); Craig Berg (yes: 1 no: 0)
Director, Region 5: Richard Gutenkunst (write-in); Mark Nics (write-in) see below.
Director, Region 7: Andrew York (yes: 2 no: 0)
Director, Region 8: Brion Emde (yes: 0 no: 0) see below
Director, Region 9: Mark Kramer (yes: 2 no: 0); Scott Woodard (yes: I no: 0)
Director, Region 10: Dave Bernazzini (yes: 1 no: 0)
Director, Region 11: John Kula (yes: 2 no: 0)

We have two unusual situations here. No votes at all were received for the Directors of Regions 3 and 8, though we had self-nominated candidates for both positions. The Bylaws do allow for this (so I guess it's not so unusual): Bylaw IV.E.2. says that in this case, the candidate is declared elected as long as no "No" votes or write-ins are received.

The other situation is in Region 5, where we have a tie of one vote for each of two write-iin candidates. Bylaw IV.E. 1. says that a run-off election must be field, so this issue contains a special ballot for Region 5 members ONLY (i.e. if your ZIP code starts with "5" - there are only seven of you). See page 6 for ballot and instructions. Ballots must be received by Bell no later than January 31, 2001.

Yes, I made it all the way through the announcements without making one quip about recounts, pregnant chads, or "mistaken" votes for Pat Buchanan.