Dear Members,

This is a reminder that the deadline to submit you candidacy for State Coordinator or one of the three Board of Directors spots up for election this year is next Thursday, May 15th. The process for submitting your candidate statement and election information can be found here: 2008 PDGA Elections (http://pdga.com/documents/2008/2008PDGAElections.pdf)

http://pdga.com/images/08logos/vote_pdga.jpg

Here is the list of coordinator positions up for election this year, and the names of the incumbents.
Terms for these positions will be September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2010 unless otherwise noted.

Alaska � Kevin Maher #29935
Arizona � Dan Ginnelly #3591
British Columbia - Clint Andersen #21512
California (South) � Tim Selinske #2026
Connecticut � Joe Proud #2773
Florida � Brian Kilgore #13117
Hawaii � Steve Welck #19117
Illinois � Brett Comincioli #19325
Iowa � Steve Kenton #11895
Kentucky � David Greenwell #962
Maine � Bob Enman #14355
Maryland � Rich Myers #19614
Massachusetts � Jason Johnson #20571
Michigan - Paul Jefferies #18812
Mississippi � Shane Seal #13928
Montana � Brian Bjortomt #28854
Nevada � Jeff Jacquart #10749
New Hampshire - Dan Marcus #2439
New Jersey � Bob Graham #6341
New York � Rich Bevins #10084
North Dakota � Darrell Nodland #7225
Oklahoma � Joe Rotan #13827
Oregon - David Feldberg #12626
Rhode Island � Norman Fitzgerald #23891
South Carolina � Harold Duvall #2018
Tennessee � Thomas Laird #20788
Utah � Douglas Smith #13349
Virginia � John Biscoe #9456
West Virginia � Bill Ragan #15769
Wyoming � Jack Faubion #24409

Regards,
Brian Graham
PDGA Executive Director

Who's running? Is there a list of current candidates to date for the BOD?

i'd like to encourage those who have not voted to do so before the polls close!

i support kieffer and rothstein as possible voices for common sense on what has become (apparently) a somewhat contentious board. no more change for change's sake!

i'd like to encourage those who have not voted to do so before the polls close!

i support kieffer and rothstein as possible voices for common sense on what has become (apparently) a somewhat contentious board. no more change for change's sake!



I'll second this and add Joe Rotan and Rand Eberhard. Both are experienced TD's and are actively promoting the sport in their areas.

In the age of exit polls and instant gratification, when are the results from the PDGA elections going to be released?

In the age of exit polls and instant gratification, when are the results from the PDGA elections going to be released?


They will be reported in Issue #3 of FDM, which is slated for release in August 2011. :p

I believe that they notify the candidates before releasing the info to the membership. This may be the hold-up.

Hopefully they release the vote totals for all candidates, not just a list of the three who won.

i believe that State Coords will be announced next week and the BoD announced at Worlds. that was the requested schedule anywayz.

i believe that State Coords will be announced next week and the BoD announced at Worlds. that was the requested schedule anywayz.



That seems silly. :confused:

There's no reason to wait for Worlds to announce the BoD. Now if the PDGA elections were just a popularity contest, I could see waiting until Worlds... Oh ... I get it.

The PDGA office is waiting to receive a copy of the certified election results from the elections house before we make an official announcement. The names of the newly elected BOD members and State/Provincial coordinators will be announced as soon as we receive this documentation, hopefully later today.

Thanks for your patience!

Brian, thank you for the update.

I wonder if my write ins won?

They're posted at home page now.

The official results of the 2008 PDGA Elections are now available here:

http://pdga.com/documents/2008/2008PDGAElectionsResults.pdf

Dang it,

I was just getting ready to start the... 30-60 days until results thread with a new gift for each day!

Congrats to the winners and as for the guys I voted for, better luck next time.... :)

i wonder if the rothstein landslide was precipitated by the FDM fiasco.

one of the 2 i voted for is in.

"i wonder if the rothstein landslide was precipitated by the FDM fiasco."

i wouldnt doubt it. altho the irony is completely off the hilarity scale.

Great, take one of the most successful TDs in the sport, one of the longest term contributors, and a great publisher, and distill his land slide victory down to FDM. Toss in some irony as a garnish.

Myself, I attribute it to common sense on the part of our membership. Thank Buddha.

BTW - I notice that yet once again the membership rejects the reform agenda. Hmmmmmm

I printed out the ballot and stuck it to the wall. Then I threw 3 darts.....

Sorry Pat, but the dart next to Cris's name was 5.6% closer..... :confused:

It looks like three great people were elected to the PDGA Board. Congratulations to all three!

Agreed, Tim. Thanks for running!

I have pdf problems. Who were the three?

Bellinger, Rothstein and Gillis
who will be joined by Korver taking over for Shive for one year
with Decker, Convers and Andrews having one year remaining

Agreed, Tim. Thanks for running!



No problem, enjoyed the experience!

Agreed, Tim. Thanks for running!



No problem, enjoyed the experience!



1 of 3 I voted for made it in, but did anyone notice that the 3 who won almost NEVER post on the message board(haven't in the last year at all) and pretty much only did in official and/ or TD capacities when they used to post? Gillis for the IDGC when he worked there, Rothstein and Bellinger as Mag /TD's talk.

3 of the next 4 getting over 500 votes post on the message board pretty regularly, with all of them being considered reform (in one direction or other) candidates.

Message board taketh and mesaage board giveth away it seems the last 2 elections. :eek:

Lets see what happens in '09 with the other BOD positions.

Keith

It looks like three great people were elected to the PDGA Board. Congratulations to all three!



Yes, and thanks to all the candidates for offering their time and effort to the sport. Most if not all had long resumes of advancing disc golf, and I trust those efforts will continue.

Everyone I voted for got elected. I'm lucky that way. Too bad for Obama this year. :D