Charles Bond Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Congradulations to the following newly elected USPSA Directors: A4 - Phil Strader (uncontested) A6 - Linda Chico A8 - Harry Foltz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Hello: Great news all around. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Congratulations to all the winners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf219 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Thank you. I would like to thank all that voted in this election. Thank you to the members who have not only made me who I am today, they helped me get to where I am now. A promise used to mean something, a handshake was better than a contract. In our world today, our sport and our daily lives it means more than ever. Thank you Area 8 I am proud to serve at your leisure. Hence a title is no more than the people that built it and or it will ever be. H! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Stevens Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Hi Harry, Congratulations or condolences, whichever is appropriate. Time will tell Your fellow BOD member for one more year. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwin garcia Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Congratulations to the new Area Directors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWLAZS Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Congratulations and good luck guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avezorak Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Congrats to all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf219 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Hi Harry, Congratulations or condolences, whichever is appropriate. Time will tell Your fellow BOD member for one more year. Gary Thanks Gary, I look forward to working with you, worst case, at least for the next year. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandro Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 merged The ballots for Area 6 Director and Area 8 Director have been tabulated and the results are as follows: Area 6: Linda Chico 540 62% Bill Noyes 337 38% Total Valid Ballots Received 877 Invalid Ballots Received 6 Total Ballots Sent 2,961 Response Percentage 30% I guess it is official? Congrats to Linda Chico! DVC, Sandro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Congrats Linda, Phil, and Harry. I know all of you will do your very best to serve the membership well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewColonial Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 And let's not forget to say "THANKS!" to the outgoing directors for all their hard work in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murkish Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Congratulations! Thank you to everyone who stepped up and ran. The fact that you were willing to do so says a lot about you as a person. We need more like you. Regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxshooter Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 30% responce when the ballots are mailed with a return envelope. All that is necessary is to check who you want to vote for put it in the envelope provided, put stamp on it and mail. PITIFUL and very typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 merged The ballots for Area 6 Director and Area 8 Director have been tabulated and the results are as follows: Area 6: Linda Chico 540 62% Bill Noyes 337 38% Total Valid Ballots Received 877 Invalid Ballots Received 6 Total Ballots Sent 2,961 Response Percentage 30% I guess it is official? Congrats to Linda Chico! DVC, Sandro what was area 8's numbers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Bond Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 The response percentage from Area 8 was exactly the same as Area 6 with 30% responding. In the Area 9 election Sedro mailed out 1560 ballots and received back 462 of which two were invalid. The better question is why are we electing an area director from a geographic area which has 1560 members and a director from an area next to it that has 2961 members? Are those members in Maryland, NJ, Virginia and Deleware and PA twice as valuable as those from the southeast? One can not imagine that voters would tolerate a set of congressional districts where the population was this severely out of balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Maybe we elected a "New" area director because we only have 1560 members and limited places to shoot. Not saying Alan didnt work at it each and every day, but sometimes new ideas come with new people You also have to look at Area 8 being partially behind the iron curtain compared to Area 6 being all free states, just alot more handgun shooters. I can only imagine Area 7 which is completely behind the iron curtain is even lower. The US does tolerate such a system. Its called the Senate, each area (state ) has the same representation so one geographic area doesnt take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingman Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Congrats to all winners. I had the privilege to meet harry at the Western PA Sectional. I am sure he will do good things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezco Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Congrats to the winners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD Niner Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Congratulations to all and thank you for being willing to make all of our USPSA experience even better through your hard work and dedication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vluc Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 The response percentage from Area 8 was exactly the same as Area 6 with 30% responding. In the Area 9 election Sedro mailed out 1560 ballots and received back 462 of which two were invalid. The better question is why are we electing an area director from a geographic area which has 1560 members and a director from an area next to it that has 2961 members? Are those members in Maryland, NJ, Virginia and Deleware and PA twice as valuable as those from the southeast? One can not imagine that voters would tolerate a set of congressional districts where the population was this severely out of balance. Since USPSA itself created the Area's, ask them (or ask yourself as you are a member of the BOD). Should we start gerrymandering areas now? Heck, I get a ton of shooters into the Western PA Section from Ohio and West Virginia and they are Area 5. They are not able to vote in the A8 election because of the boundary lines. So they shoot more in A8 than A5, but can only vote in A5. Let's not confuse people who vote with people who shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Bond Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 We can not have 50 area directors like the Senate and be effective. Members are entitled to as equal a voice on the BOD as possible. Which guns are legal in an area is outside what the BOD can consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I never said there should be 50 area directors, You stated voters wouldnt tolerate unequal representation, I stated they would and do under the Senate system which is a representation based on geographic lines, Nothing wrong with the way it is now, The Areas have different issues with laws, land masses, population densities, cultures etc etc, In order to go to a population based Areas we would need to redraw the lines constantly, doing nothing positive and only creating confusion. A major change like that should only be undertaken if it is somehow going to make the sport better or bigger, Not sure if this was ever presented to the BOD, but I would express to my area director not to mess with the Area borders. This is getting off topic from the original thread, I have some thoughts I'd like to explore along this topic and will start a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Bond Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 This is getting off topic from the original thread, I have some thoughts I'd like to explore along this topic and will start a new thread. And I agree. Good luck getting a thread open and keeping it open that deals with any policy change at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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