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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear members<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I apologize for not having the voting ballot online in time. But, you can now express your vote online at <a href="http://www.louisianacontestclub.org/index.htm">http://www.louisianacontestclub.org/index.htm</a>. Votes must be cast as Mark stated in his email even if there were only one person nominated for each positions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, 73 de Roland NA5Q<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Ketchell<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 20, 2017 12:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> lcc <lcc@louisianacontestclub.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [LCC] LCC Officers for 2018<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello fellow club members,<br> It is once again time for electing officers for the new year. At our Shreveport meeting, we opened nominations and the following were nominated:<br>President - Scott, W5WZ<br>Vice Pres - Bobby, WM5H<br>Sec/Treas - Mark, K5ER<br>Director - Jim, W5LA<br>Director - Ted, KN5O<br><br> Verbal instructions were given at the meeting and minutes of the August meeting were posted on Aug 12, directing members to a clickable link on the club's web site for members to nominate any additional members to stand for election. Although we left the nomination window open for a longer than usual length of time, we still have not received any additional nominees, or heard from anyone expressing an interest in an officer's position. <br><br> Typically about 10-12 days prior to our voting meeting, we have our web-master to change the link from "nominations" to a list those nominated, to allow voting. The "standard" procedure is to allow a window for voting online, and those results are tallied and brought to the last club meeting of the year (Alexandria) where they are combined with live votes at the meeting. Unfortunately, I was out sick about the time to make the web-site change-over, but I'm not sure it would have made a difference. <br><br> Article 2, Section 3 of our Constitution states, "<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Nominations may also be made known to the President through email, postal mail, telephone, or other means of communications</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> prior to the Election meeting</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>."</span> Currently we have only one valid nominee for each position, and have received no further nominations. With only 3 days until the meeting, unless any other nominations are received by email to "<a href="mailto:nominations@louisianacontestclub.org">nominations@louisianacontestclub.org</a>", there will only be those listed above to be voted on. <br><br> Our Constitution also states, "<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The officers of this club shall be elected by receiving the most votes, represented in person or by email representation, at the (Fourth Quarter) election meeting." So, even with no more nominations, there must be a vote selecting from the list of those nominated.<br><br> Therefore, those NOT planning on attending this weekend's meeting may place their vote to select the nominees listed above by sending an email to <a href="mailto:ballots@louisianacontestclub.org">ballots@louisianacontestclub.org</a> . Those planning to attend may vote in person. At the time of this email, I do not have a schedule showing our meeting time. I will contact the sponsor and send another email as soon as I find out. Look forward to seeing you there.<br><br>Travel safe and 73,<br>Mark, K5ER<br>Sec/Treas, LCC</span><o:p></o:p></p><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 style='width:.4791in;height:.302in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>