[DeTomaso] By-Laws (Re: POCA Election and email voting)

[Asa Jay Laughton]

The POCA By-Laws are published publicly for all to see:
http://www.poca.com/index.php/club/by-laws

Note section 4. Elections:
Subsection (e):
(e) It shall be the function of the Election Committee to contact 
individuals nominated for office; to verify their availability for 
office; to verify that they are members in good standing both at the 
time of their nomination and, if successful, at the time of their 
election; to solicit additional nominees if warranted; to prepare, mail 
and receive ballots; to verify eligibility of both Regular and Associate 
members for voting; to count the valid votes; and to announce the 
successful candidates;

and subsection (k) through (n):

(k)  On October 1st, ballots and pre-printed return envelopes are to be 
provided to Regular members via first-class U.S. mail, with space 
provided on the ballot for voting by both the Regular member and the 
designated Associate member, if applicable, together with instructions 
for their return to the Election Committee and containing the date that 
the ballots must be postmarked and/or received to be eligible to be counted;

(l)   Voting shall be by secret written ballot and only on the original 
ballot form as provided by POCA;

(m) Only Regular and Associate members in good standing shall be 
entitled to vote;

(n)  Only Associate members who are specifically designated as such by 
Regular members will be entitled to vote;


Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.  I would agree the methods could 
change now that we're in the 21st century, but it will take a change to 
the by-laws, which has it's own problems.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 12/6/2014 9:44 AM, Bill Moore wrote:
>     People, All.
>
>     Come on it is 2014, damn near 15.
>
>     Just  because  I have  a 40 year old car, it should not mean i vote bu
>     snail mail.
>
>     John Buckman, I thought we covered this off Thursday night.
>
>     I completely  agree  with Julian.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Bill Moore
>
>     Incendium Supply
>
>     Calgary
>
>     -------- Original message --------
>
>     From: Julian Kift
>
>     Date:2014-12-06 10:30 AM (GMT-07:00)
>
>     To: cengles at cox.net,detomaso at poca.com
>
>     Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Election and email voting
>
>     Chuck,
>     Can you point us to where the bylaws specifically state that ballots
>     have to be returned via US Mail? I see where ballots must be sent out
>     via such means or as later amended within a newsletter, but no
>     requirement that they have to be returned by such. This would actually
>     preclude all of us outside the US that are members in good standing.
>     I would sincerely hope that my PDF vote with my member number and
>     signature that I emailed to you will be counted or I am afraid I shall
>     be voting with my feet next time my membership comes due.
>     Sincerely,
>     Julian
>     From: cengles at cox.net
>     To: detomaso at poca.com
>     Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 11:14:35 -0600
>     Subject: [DeTomaso] POCA Election and email voting
>     Dear Forum,
>                        The bylaws state that only mailed ballots are
>     acceptable.
>     At this time the bylaws do not permit email voting.
>
>                                              Sincerely,  Chuck Engles
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>        Chuck,
>        Can you point us to where the bylaws specifically state that ballots
>        have to be returned via US Mail? I see where ballots must be sent
>     out
>        via such means or as later amended within a newsletter, but no
>        requirement that they have to be returned by such. This would
>     actually
>        preclude all of us outside the US that are members in good standing.
>        I would sincerely hope that my PDF vote with my member number and
>        signature that I emailed to you will be counted or I am afraid I
>     shall
>        be voting with my feet next time my membership comes due.
>        Sincerely,
>        Julian
>        From: cengles at cox.net
>        To: detomaso at poca.com
>        Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 11:14:35 -0600
>        Subject: [DeTomaso] POCA Election and email voting
>     Dear Forum,
>                        The bylaws state that only mailed ballots are
>     acceptable.
>     At this time the bylaws do not permit email voting.
>                                              Sincerely,  Chuck Engles
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