RAAus 2009 Board Election Results

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Members from NSW and Victoria voted in the Group B biennial election which closed August 14.

 

The results are:

 

New South Wales & ACT — David Caban was returned to the board.

 

Victoria — Ian Baker was elected as a new board member.

 

NSW/ACT voting

 

Candidate

 

Votes

 

Dave Caban 177 Graeme Hutchison 43 Colin Evans 61 Wayne King 71 Total votes 352

 

Victoria voting

 

Candidate

 

Votes

 

Ian Baker 187 Bill Cain 165 Total votes 352

 

Member election participation was again very disappointing. The percentage of eligible participants who lodged a vote was NSW/ACT 14.7%* and Victoria 16.2%. NSW participation was down 45% on last year and Victoria was down 17%. A possible inference to be drawn from the very low participation is that 85% of members are quite content with the way the association is being managed, which is also indicated by the fact that the board members who stand for re-election tend to be re-elected — and for several terms.

 

*Note that 607 NSW members voted in the NSW June 1, 2009 by-election; 329 of those votes went to one candidate — Paul Middleton.

 

Unfortunately only two persons (both existing board members) nominated for election to the two vacancies in South Queensland, so Myles Breitkreutz and John McKeown were returned unopposed in South Queensland. Thus, about 1500 South Queensland members did not get the opportunity to vote.

 

Only Lynn Jarvis nominated for election in South Australia, so he was also returned to the board without an election. The same happened in Western Australia where Edwin Smith was elected as a new board member.

 

The overall result is that only 704 members were involved in the vote in this election.

 

... JB