2011 AMC Election Results

Survey and Ballot Systems, our election house for the 2011 board election and amendments, reported the following certified results this afternoon. These results include 5,966 returned ballots from 45,043 eligible members with a final participation rate of 13.25%. It is also worth noting that 2,317 ballots were submitted via Web voting and 3,649 paper ballots were returned via regular mail.

Congratulations to all of the winners. To those who were not elected, thank you for being willing to serve Mensa; I hope that you will continue to be active members.

My thanks to the Election Committee members: Nora Foust, Megan Edwards, Conrad Pomykala, Deb Skinner, AMC liaison Greg Timmers, and staff liaison Howard Prince

Best regards to all,

Maggie Truelove 
Election Chair 
ElectionChair@us.mensa.org

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The following positions were unopposed and the candidates were declared elected: RVC 1 - Andrew Heffernan; RVC 2 - Marc Lederman; RVC 3 - Betsy Mark; RVC 4 - Ken Silver; RVC 5 - Bob Cox; RVC 8 - Debra Reiger; and RVC 10 - Mel Dahl. Treasurer candidate Cyndi Kuyper withdrew from the election.

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Chair: 
Elissa Rudolph 4,159 
Lee Berkovits 1,670

Elissa Rudolph is declared elected.

1st Vice Chair:

Round 1 
Robin Crawford 2,871 
Dan Burg 1,758 
Cookie Bakke 1,188

Round 2 
Robin Crawford 3,319 
Dan Burg 2,365

Robin Crawford is declared elected.

2nd Vice Chair: 
John Recht 3,426 
Lori Norris 2,271

John Recht is declared elected.

Secretary: 
Heather Poirier 3,453 
Jared Levine 2,283

Heather Poirier is declared elected.

Treasurer: 
Cary Chilson 3,379 
Nick Sanford 1,414 
Guy Conti 910

Cary Chilson is declared elected.

RVC 6: 
Roger Durham 385 
James Franzen 161

Roger Durham is declared elected.

RVC 7: 
Peggy Pannke-Smith 282 
VeraLouise Kleinfeld Pfeiffer 53

Peggy Pannke-Smith is declared elected.

RVC 9: 
Clark Jones 460 
Joan Johnson 269

Clark Jones is declared elected.

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The following bylaw amendment was put before the membership. It required 2/3 of the voting membership to pass. You can find full text of this amendment online at http://www.us.mensa.org/election.

Bylaw Amendment 1 
For 3,008 
Against 2,478

Bylaw Amendment 1 fails.