3905 Century Club Election Info

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General Election

General Election Voting Dates for Vice-President and Odd-Numbered Call Area Directors

Begins January 1 00:00 UTC (z)
Ends January 15 23:59 UTC (z)

When are elections held?

The 3905 Century Club general elections are held every year from Jan. 1 through Jan. 15.

Presidents, and even-numbered Area Directors are elected on even-numbered years.
Vice-Presidents, odd-numbered Area Directors, and DX Area Director are elected on odd-numbered years.

The election balloting period for the General Election:

Begins January 1st at 00:00:00 UTC
Ends January 15th at 23:59:59 UTC

Nominations

Area Directors in even-numbered areas are elected during even-numbered years.
Area Directors in odd-numbered areas and the DX Area Director are elected during oddnumbered years.
The nomination period begins November 1st and ends November 30th in the year prior to the election.
Candidates must nominate themselves on any net run by the club, followed by notifying the President and Chairman of the Board.
The Secretary notifies the Election Monitors who must ensure that nominees are posted on the club website ballot.
Voting for each Area Director is open only to members who are licensed in that Area

Who can vote?

All members may vote for President and Vice-President.
Members whose address of record for a given call area may vote for the Area Director of that call area.

Membership is defined in the by-laws as a licensee who has earned a 100-point award on any band/mode.

How do I know who is on the ballot?

The nominated candidates on the ballot along with their bio's are found on the candidate bios page.

How do I vote?

Members have four (4) methods available to vote; however only one method is allowed for a vote to be counted, and the first vote received by any of the following methods will be the one counted:

Vote online:

Members must be registered with the 3905ccn.org website and verified by the Club Information Officer prior to the end of the last day of voting (Jan 15 - see "When are elections held?" above).

Members need only register once but are encouraged to register early so as to resolve any delays in the registration process.

Once you are registered, you can use your member information to login to the 3905ccn.org.

Online voting will open on the first day of the election and close at the end of the last day of voting (see "When are elections held?" above).

Voting online will be open on the online voting page.

A step-by-step guide to online voting is available HERE
Vote by email:

Send an before the end of the last day of voting (Jan 15 - see "When are elections held?" above).

That will send an email to both of the election monitors

You may copy the email ballot form to use in your email.

The email must come from your email of record with the club.

If you are planning to vote using this method you should to verify your email of record with the club.
Vote by Postal Mail:

Send a letter to both Election Monitors

Paul J. Lourd, W1IP
173 Old Boston Rd
Wilton, CT 06897

Virgil C. Warren, W9WWG
1735 W 1000 N
Fountaintown, IN 46130

You may print and use the mail-in ballot form.

Since postal mail is not timely, members are encouraged to send their vote by postal mail as early as possible, and must be received by the election monitors by Jan. 15 for the Regular Election.
Vote verbally on a Special Net Session:

Verbal ballots may be cast on the air January 15 (local) on the 3905 CCN 40M SSB nets and the 3905 CCN 75M SSB nets.
Each vote on the air must include the member's callsign, 100-pt award number and the band that award number was awarded on, their choice for Vice-President and their choice for Area Director of the area they reside in if it is an ODD-numbered call area.
Relays may be used to get the vote to the recorders.

The Net Control Station will record these votes and then send an email with the above information to both election monitors immediately following the conclusion of voting.

A reminder that the election monitors are Paul J. Lourd, W1IP and Virgil C. Warren, W9WWG