ILCA-NA Annual Elections

[Tracy Usher <usher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  I would like to remind everyone that October is the month in which we 
elect officers to the ILCA-NA Executive Committee! And, more 
importantly, that this process has already begun!

  As I'm sure everyone knows, the Laser Class is, in principle, a 
layered system with members comprising Fleets which are organized into 
Districts which are in turn organized into Regions which, finally, make 
up the ILCA. So, the actual voters in this election for Regional 
Officers are the District Secretaries and not the general ILCA-NA 
membership. Still, the District Secretaries ultimately  represent you, 
the class member, and, I'm sure, are more than happy to have your input 
on this process.

  The ILCA-NA bylaws call for a three part process (the complete 
description can be found in Section 5.6 of the ILCA-NA bylaws which you 
can download from the class website at 
http://www.laser.org/c/cnt/down/Bylawsv2-5.pdf):

1) A week long nominating process whereby District Secretaries can 
nominate candidates. This week began yesterday (October 10).

2) This is followed by a week of "campaigning" where information on 
candidates will be posted to www.laser.org. This will begin next monday 
(October 17).

3) The District Secretaries will then vote during the final week which 
will begin on monday, October 24.

  If you know of anyone (including yourself) who you think would be a 
good representative for Laser Sailing then please contact your District 
Secretary and ask that they be nominated for one of the positions! 
Candidates can be nominated for any one of the five offices: Chairman, 
Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary and At-Large. You can find the 
contact information for your District Secretary on the class website at 
http://www.laser.org/m/_general/districts.asp

  You can find the list of current class officers (and their contact 
information), who all plan to stand for re-election, at 
http://www.laser.org/m/_general/officers.asp. Please feel free to 
contact any of them!

  Tracy Usher
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