2022 Board Election Results

Published on Feb 24, 2022 by Josh Kalov

From top left, elected and appointed Board Members Michael Chladek, Sean Watland, Eric Sherman, Cameron Sow, Laurie Merrell

On Feb 22nd, we held our third election for our Board of Directors. We were amazed at the turnout. Of our 57 official Members, 26 attended virtually to cast their votes.

There were three members chosen by Chi Hack Night Members based on popular vote and two appointed by the current Board of Directors with majority Membership approval. All board members serve 2 year terms.

The elected members of the Board are:

• Michael Chladek (incumbent)
• Eric Sherman (incumbent)
• Sean Watland

The appointed Board members approved by the Membership are:

• Cameron Sow (incumbent)
• Laurie Merrell

General Meeting and election process

Voting took place at our General Meeting, which happens once a year according to our Bylaws. This meeting was for Chi Hack Night Members only. At the meeting we followed this agenda. We also heard from each of the candidates running for elected or appointed seats. You can read their candidate statements here.

The votes were cast by 26 Chi Hack Night Members virtually using a digital ballot. The results were tallied by Chi Hack Night Member Steve Ediger.

The final vote tallies are below:

Elected Board of Directors seats (top 3 vote getters are elected)

• Michael Chladek - 26 votes ☑️
• Sean Watland - 22 votes ☑️
• Eric Sherman - 20 votes ☑️
• Howard Kier - 10 votes

Appointed Board of Directors seats (majority approval)

• Cameron Sow - 26 votes ☑️
• Laurie Merrell - 26 votes ☑️

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