2012 USBF ELECTION – Nominating Committee Slate

Three members of the USBF Board of Directors will be elected to join the Board in 2012. Each will serve a three year term ending January 1, 2016. 

The USBF Nominating Committee has nominated the following people for the three seats:

Active Member seats:  Cheri Bjerkan (incumbent)
                                     Howard Weinstein (incumbent)
                                     Bob Katz

 

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Cheri Bjerkan, photo by Peg Kaplan
 
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Howard Weinstein, photo by Peg Kaplan
                                      

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Bob Katz
   

In accordance with the USBF Bylaws as clarified in the Election Procedures, additional candidates may be added to the slate by petition, as follows:

  • 4.    Petition Candidates
    Active Members in good standing may be added to ballots by petition. A valid petition application form requires twenty-five (25) Active Member signatures. Petitions must be received at USBF headquarters no later than ten (10) days prior to the ballot mailing date.

The ballot mailing date is November 15th so the last day to submit a nomination Petition is October 26th.

If there are no petition candidates, the three candidates nominated by the Nominating Committee will be elected without need for voting. 

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