The Board of Trustees has designated the following as the Nominating Committee:
           - Tom Raszka, current trustee, not planning to re-run
           - Al Field, current president, term is not ending
           - John Mayer, member at large

Announcement and general information about the 2025 Elections were presented at the General Membership Meeting held on January 9, 2025.

Current board members whose term is expiring:
     - Deb Canter, vice president, will be re-running for another two-year term
     - Matt Wagner, treasurer, will be re-running for another two-year term
     - Loretta Koepp, secretary, will be re-running for another two-year term
     - Keith Kovarik, trustee, will be re-running for another two-year term
     - Christina Wiseman, trustee, will be re-running for another two-year term
     - Tom Raszka, trustee, will NOT be running for another term

NOMINATIONS
Nominees must be members in good standing and must have been a member for at least two full years.  

 

There are 3 ways of nominating candidates.  
They are as follows:
    1)  Written sent directly to the Club at 815 Mason Road, E, Milan, Ohio 44846 to be received not later than February 3, 2025.   Written nomination must include:  Name and signature of the nominee; full name and signature of person nominating; full name and signature of the second person nominating and the position identified that the nominee wishes to run for.

  2)  Send an email to ecclclubhouse@eriecountycl.org - The person nominating must send an email to this email address, copying another member as second AND copying the person you are nominating.  The email must contain full names and position the individual wishes to run for.
DEADLINE for these two methods is FEBRUARY 3, 2025.
  3)  During the General Membership Meeting that is scheduled for Thursday, February 6, 2025 beginning at 7:00 pm.  Attending members may nominate candidates during this meeting.  One person must nominate, the person being nominated MUST be in attendance and accept the nomination; there must be a second to this nomination.  
ALL NOMINATIONS CLOSE at the end of the General Membership Meeting on February 6, 2025
CANDIDATE BIOS - Candidates who wish to provide a brief bio must do so by sending it to the following email address:  ecclclubhouse@eriecountycl.org NOT LATER THAN, February 12, 2025 at 7:00 pm.  This information will be posted and also included in the Elections Ballot.

ELECTRONIC VOTING AND SCHEDULE
The electronic voting by email will be utilized through the Email Communications of the Club.  All current members (except Juniors) will receive an email ballot with the candidates listed.  Each member shall have ONE vote and will receive a confirmation email that your vote has been received.

Electronic Voting Period - Voting shall begin on February 17, (Monday), 2025 and conclude at 10:00 pm on March 3 (Monday), 2025.  The nominating committee will then confirm all votes.

Voting In-Person - Those members who do not have email addresses will have the opportunity to vote IN-PERSON during the General Membership Meeting on February 6, 2025.

All votes will be counted and those candidates with the majority will be announced at the end of the meeting and officially begin their terms following the meeting.

Board of Trustees Erie County Conservation League