Nominating+Committee

Nominating Committee Report **
 * Cook-Wissahickon Elementary Home School Association

April 27th, 2009


 * Mrs. Nancy Pohler**
 * Cook-Wissahickon Home and School**
 * President**

Dear Mrs. Pohler,

The Nominating Committee is glad to inform you that our Home and School Association’s Election Process has been accomplished successfully. New Home and School Officers have been elected. The ballots were counted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 and the results are the following:

President: - Mrs. Cheryl Dore with 34 votes

Vice-President: - Mrs. Angela Clark with 13 votes - Mrs. Katherine Avarese with 12 votes - Mrs. Virginia Fetcher with 10 votes

Treasurer: - Mrs. Lisa Lobitz with 33 votes

Numbers of ballots distributed: 59 Number of ballots received: 35 Participation percentage: 59 %

Sincerely,


 * Nominating Committee**

Cc Mrs. Anna Jenkins, School Principal Nominating Committee Members

=Cook- Wiss Nominating Committee meeting=


 * Date:** Monday, March 9th, 2009
 * Time:** 3:30 p.m.
 * Attendees:** Nancy Pohler, Liz Golden, Zoe Ann Campbell, Jessica Liddell, Amy Keller & Diana Chity.

**__Minutes__**
We agree on the following:
 * To organize and conduct the election process following the H&S By-laws. Which mainly differs from past elections on the fact that only members of the association can vote.


 * To open the Election process at the March H&S meeting, when everybody can start nominating a candidate of their preference, the nomination period will finish on Friday April 3rd, 2009.


 * To send a letter on Wednesday, March 11th, communicating all Cook parents that only H&S members can participate on the election and the deadline to be a member will be extended to Wednesday, March 18th, 2009.


 * At the H&S April meeting (04/13) each candidate will have the opportunity to speak briefly to the assembly, if they so desire and also to write a brief statement about themselves which will be distributed to the membership after the meeting.


 * To distribute the ballots on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009, given the members one week to vote, the ballots will have to return by Wednesday April 22nd, when the voting will be officially close.


 * To meet on Thursday April 23rd to count the ballots with Mrs. Jenkins or a delegate from her office.


 * To select Mrs. Diana Chity as the chairperson of the committee.

Finally tasks were assigned to members and the meeting was adjourned by 4H30 p.m.

Submitted by: Mrs. Diana Chity.