Diane, I just read Jerry
McAnear 's comments regarding the vote count on your blog.
First, THANK YOU Jerry for your comments.
I have served on the nominating committee for 7 or 8
years, and always been very committed to having a fair and open election, and
am proud of the way the election has been conducted. I will freely admit
there were some problems (pre-voting) last year, and I have assumed full
responsibility for those problems. I was tardy in performance of my
duties on the committee. I have taken steps to assure those problems do
not occur again. But, once ballots are mailed out, there can be no question
as to the legality nor transparency of the process. This year all
ballots were mailed to the accounting firm, who held them, unopened, until
delivery to us at the counting meeting. I know that at least one person
in the audience was counting with us, and probably had the results before we
did. If there is a suggestion as to how it could have been more open, I
would like to hear it. But believe me, I will not entertain ANY
suggestion that there was anything dishonest or 'not transparent' about the
process.
Thanks, and feel free to post this on your blog.
Bob Jones, Nominating Committee
