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  VOTF 2008 Election Results

Voice of the Faithful
February 26, 2008

http://votf.org/08results.html

[This links to official results of the recent national election of officers for Voice of the Faithful.]

Dear VOTF Members,

The Board of Trustees appointed the undersigned as an Elections Committee to review and monitor the 2008 election of national Officers and to authenticate the results. After reporting the results to the Board of Trustees, the Elections Committee is pleased to announce the new VOTF Officers. They will assume their new positions on March 15, 2008.

PRESIDENT Dan Bartley
VICE-PRESIDENT Janet Hauter
TREASURER Kevin Connors
SECRETARY Julie McConville

The voting results are as follows:

President Actual Votes Percentage of Votes Cast for Position
Dan Bartley 1084 52.2%
Kristine Ward 993 47.8%

Vice-President Actual Votes Percentage of Votes Cast for Position
David Biersmith 785 39.2%
Janet Hauter 1220 60.8%

Treasurer Actual Votes Percentage of Votes Cast for Position
Kevin Connors 1216 60%
Jim Jenkins 810 40%

Secretary Actual Votes Percentage of Votes Cast for Position
Julie McConville 1156 56.8%
Steve Sheehan 880 43.2%

In total, 2088 members cast ballots, an 18% increase over the last election. Of the 2088 members who voted, 203 submitted optional comments on their ballot. For the information of VOTF members, a link to these comments, without any names and other identifying information, will be available shortly on the VOTF website.

The Elections Committee would like to thank Executive Director Donna Doucette and the members of the VOTF staff who worked tirelessly to assist us in establishing the VOTF elections website, conducting candidate forums and making sure that members had the maximum opportunity to vote. We also thank all members who voted in this important election. We will prepare a report to the Board of Trustees on the lessons learned from this election process and recommendations for improving the next election.

Respectfully,

VOTF 2008 National Elections Committee

Margaret Roylance, Massachusetts, Chair

Anne Wilson, New York

Ginny Hoehne, Ohio

Vince Grenough, Kentucky

Joe Juhasz, Colorado

Robert Rowden, California

 
 

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