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2011 INBA News
2011 INBA Election Results
Monday, 10 October, 2011 16:43 |
President - Marshall Losey--35 votes
Vice President - Brent Deitrich--35 votes
Secretary/Treasurer - Caroline Lawson--35 votes
Directors - 4 Seats, Top 4 Listed are Elected:
Tim Pruitt--30 votes
Lynn Fleming--29 votes
Debbie Emholtz--25 votes
Paula Butler--20 votes
Other Candidates and their votes:
Donna Palmer--17 votes
Jonathan Welker--15 votes
Holly Buroker - 1 vote
Megan Treadway-Carter - 1 vote
Barb Regehr - 1 vote
A total of 35 eligible votes were received. In addition, we
received three
votes from members who were ineligible to vote (either
because they had not
renewed their dues or joined after the membership deadline
for voting), and
two votes from members who did not identify themselves.
We would like to thank outgoing Director Donna Palmer for
the time and
energy she has devoted to INBA for many years. Innovations
she has
implemented include our PayPal account and the editing and
printing of our
INBA brochure. And we would like to welcome new Director
Paula Butler to
the Board. Her tenure will begin on October 17, 2011, the
day the INBA
Annual Meeting is held in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the
American Dairy Goat
Association Convention.
Thank you also to our election committee of Raspberry, Gayle
Prentice Wood
and Stephen Wood.
Our percentage of online voting was 55%, paper ballots
received comprised 45%. |
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President's Letter 4th Quarter 2011
Written by Marshall Losey
Tuesday, 20 September, 2011 14:57 |
Dear INBA Membership,
The weather is quickly changing and fall is in the air here
in North Central Arizona. Bucks are blubbering and does are
flirting.
Breeding plans are down on paper and should start to become
a reality, over the next few weeks. Many of the fall fairs
and shows are underway and hopefully you are able to get
your animals out to one last show before the end of the
season.
Please remember to vote in the current INBA election of
officers and board members. There is a ballot included in
this newsletter or you can download a printable ballot on
the INBA website or you can vote electronically through our
INBA website. Website address is:
www.I-N-B-A.org
Please note that the annual INBA Membership Meeting is being
held Monday, October 17th at 5:00 PM, during the ADGA
Convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Please try to attend
if possible. Please consider donating items for the INBA
raffle, to be held during the ADGA convention. Items can be
delivered in person to our convention table, mailed/shipped
to the convention motel or sent to Caroline Lawson in order
to be there by October 12th.
In peace and thanks,
Marshall Losey
INBA President |
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Update to INBA By-laws
Written by Brent Deitrich, Consitution &
Bylaws Chair
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
19:04 |
The Board of Directors for INBA
unanimously amended the Bylaws with provisions to accomodate
online voting through the INBA website. The amended parts of
Section III in the Bylaws are below in italics - the latest
version of the Constutition and Bylaws is posted online
here.
Article III – Methods of Elections:
Section 1: At least four (4) months before the date of the
Annual Meeting, the President shall appoint an Election
Committee of three (3) members. This committee will be
responsible for ensuring that a nomination form is included
in the 2nd quarter newsletter for members to nominate their
choices for officers. Online nominations through the INBA
website are also accepted. Logged in INBA members have the
ability to submit a nomination form online, where it is
stored in the INBA website database and sent to a separate
email box where it is kept secret until nominations are
closed and the election committee is ready to tally the
results. At that time, the password for the email box will
be released to the chair of the election committee. Only one
(and the first) submission from each member is counted. For
a family membership (two votes), each family member must
have their own INBA online account and submit the nomination
form under that account online. This committee shall also
make necessary investigations to ensure the nominated
candidates will accept the office if elected. The final
ballot will include the two nominees with the highest number
of nominations for each open position, and a space for
write-in candidates. If any nominated person declines the
nomination, the Election Chair shall contact the next person
nominated, in order of nominations from highest to lowest.
Section 2: The Election Committee shall prepare the ballot
for mailing to the membership, and the final ballot must be
returned to the election chair postmarked on or before the
second Friday of September. The ballot may be mailed in
conjunction with an issue of the newsletter or separately.
The ballot will be two-part, with a signature stub that is
to be signed and detached, then mailed along with the sealed
ballot to the Election Chair. The Election Chair will, upon
receipt, verify the signature stub with the current
membership list and attach the signature stub to the mailing
envelope. The sealed ballot will be deposited in a separate
receptacle until tabulation. The Election Chair will be
charged with ensuring that the ballots remain unopened until
the time of tabulation. For online voting, the same process
applies as with nominations. The ballot can be accessed
through the logged in member's account and filled out and
submitted only once. Only one (and the first) submission
from each member is counted. For a family membership (two
votes), each family member must have their own INBA online
account and submit the election ballot under that account
online.The procedure for storing and tallying the votes is
the same as in Section 1 above. Abuse of any of the online
voting procedures by a member (submitting multiple votes
outside of the limits of their membership, abusing the
submission process, etc) could result in that member's
online account being suspended by the board of directors.
Section 3: The tabulations of the sealed election ballots
shall be undertaken by the Election Committee. The ballots
will then be sent to the annual meeting. The total voting
results shall be made available in the next newsletter of
the Association and on the INBA website.
Section 4: Duties of the new officers shall be assumed
following the completion of the old business portion of the
annual meeting.
Section 5: Any Director or Officer may be recalled by
petition of a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership with
the right to vote thereon. |
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President's Letter 3rd Quarter 2011
Written by Marshall Losey
Wednesday, 17 August, 2011 00:00 |
Dear INBA Membership,
By the time that you receive this newsletter, many of us
will already be planning our breedings for the next season.
Kind of hard to believe that it’s that
time again! With being so busy milking, feeding babies,
attending shows and stocking our barns with winter hay, the
bucks may have taken a back seat to the summer activities.
Breeding season is just around the corner and this will be
the most stressful time for our herdsires. Please be sure
that they have adequate weight, trimmed feet, are current on
worming, vitamin and mineral supplementation. It’s easy to
forget them when they have spent the last several months
being so calm, quiet and cooperative. That’s all about to
change over the next month, if not already!
It’s time to think about election of officers for the INBA.
Many of our terms are up and so please be sure to send your
nominations to our new Election Committee Chairperson,
Raspberry! Thanks so much for volunteering (with a little
help) to this very important committee. Our volunteers are
the basis for the INBA. Each and every aspect of our
association is the result of someone taking time out of
their already busy lives and volunteering. Sincere thanks to
all of you!
Speaking of volunteers, I can’t help but to feel a little
sad to inform everyone of Vicki McGaugh’s retirement from
the “INBA Welcome Wagon” position. She has provided a
wonderful service to the INBA and new membership for many
years. Thank you Vicki! For the meantime, Caroline Lawson
has agreed to fill this position.
The 2011, INBA Annual Meeting will be held Tuesday, October
18th at 5:00 P.M., in Grand Rapids, Michigan. If you are
able to attend, we would love to see you there! We always
welcome and encourage input and sharing of ideas from our
membership. You are also welcome to contact any of your INBA
officers and committees by mail, email, phone or on the INBA
Membership email list.
I can’t end this letter without thanking Caroline Lawson,
Kathy Goodin, Leslie Diaz and Brent Deitrich for your
continued dedication and hard work! Secretary/Treasurer,
Newsletters and the INBA Website are some of the things that
make the INBA such a wonderful association.
In peace and thanks,
Marshall Losey
INBA President |
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Convention 2010 Photos
Written by Brent Deitrich
Friday, 25 February, 2011 16:09 |
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INBA Table at the 2010 ADGA Convention, Tucson, AZ
The raffle raised $905. Thanks to all who donated!!!
Lynn Fleming's new addition to her herd!
(Bottom 3 photos courtesy of Caroline Lawnson) |
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