The Election Committee reports that Vivian Parham won the Librarian Vice President runoff election over Catherine Skrzypek.  Of the votes received at the American Arbitration Association by the deadline of December 21, the tally was:

Vivian Parham: 111 votes
Catherine Skrzypek: 101 votes

The full Executive Board of Local 1482, and Delegates to DC37, for the 2020-2023 term can be found here.

Congratulations to all election winners, and thanks to all Executive Board officers and DC37 Delegates for your service!

At the General Membership Meeting held on December 7, the Election Committee shared a letter that summarized the results of the election for Local 1482 officers.  The winning candidates are listed in the document embedded below.  A runoff election for the office of Librarian Vice President will be conducted because no candidate received 50 percent of the votes submitted.

The runoff election for Librarian Vice President is between the top two candidates in the original election, Vivian Parham and Catherine Skrzypek.  Ballots were mailed out by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) to all eligible Local 1482 members on December 3.  Ballots must be received in the mail at AAA by December 21.

Members who do not receive a ballot by Wednesday, December 9 should phone the AAA as soon as possible.  The phone number is 212-484-4136.  The AAA will be able to verify you as a member of Local 1482 and resend your ballot. 

All questions about the runoff election should be directed to the Election Committee at [email protected].

There was a misprint on the ballots to elect officers to the Executive Board that were mailed to members on October 27, 2020.  The error has been corrected.  New ballots have been prepared and will soon be in the mail to the membership.

The misprint erroneously ran a second name alongside Ronaldo Barber's name in the list of candidates for President.  Please discard these ballots if you still have them.  The replacement ballots are the ones that must be used to elect contested offices on the Executive Board.

Mail in the replacement ballot even if you already mailed in the original ballot.  The original ballots are void and will not be counted.

If you do not receive your ballot by Saturday November 7, phone the American Arbitration Association at 212-484-4136.  If you have any questions about the Local 1482 election, please address them to the Election Committee.  Their email address is [email protected].  

The new ballots must be received in the mail at the American Arbitration Association by 9:00 am on Monday, November 23.  Please take care to follow the instructions in your election packet and make sure you are preparing your ballots correctly. 

The following letter from the Election Committee will be enclosed in the new ballots:

Dear DC 37 Local 1482 Member:
 
This letter is to inform you that the ballot mailed to members on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, contained an error for the office of President. Enclosed in this ballot packet is a replacement ballot reflecting the new ballot reception deadline of Monday, November 23, 2020, at 9:00 AM.
 
Please note that the original ballot will be rendered VOID. Please use the enclosed replacement ballot to cast your vote in this election.
 
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.
 
Thank you
 
DC 37 Local 1482 Election Committee

The final list of nominations for officers to the Executive Board of Local 1482 and Delegates to DC 37 is posted below.  There were no challenges reported to the nominations posted here on October 16.  Further, the Elections Committee has reached out to all nominees to verify whether they accepted or declined their nominations.  

In the near future, all Local 1482 members will receive ballots in the mail from the American Arbitration Association to vote for the following officers:

• President
• Librarian Vice President
• Blue Collar Vice President
• Clerical Representative (4 positions)

The remaining officers and delegates on the list were nominated without opposition and will be automatically installed.

We will post on the Local website information about the ballot and voting process once we receive information from the American Arbitration Association about their timeline for mailing and receiving ballots.

All questions about the election should be directed to the Election Committee rather than current members of the Executive Board.  The Election Committee can be reached by email at  [email protected].  

The terms of nominations and elections, and the makeup of Executive Board offices, are laid out in the Constitution of Local 1482.  

Nominations for Officers of Local 1482 Executive Board and DC37 Delegates (to serve December 2020-December 2023)

 President (on ballot)

• Ronaldo Barber
• Dawn Marie Cassari

Librarian Vice President (on ballot)

• Jose Arellano
• Vivian Parham
• Catherine Skrzypek

Clerical Vice President (unopposed)

• Ann Joseph

Blue Collar Vice President (on ballot)

• Pedro Perez
• Igor Shapiro

Treasurer (unopposed)

• Paul Otto

Recording Secretary (unopposed)

• Juanita James

Corresponding Secretary (unopposed)

• Karen Simon

Librarian Representative (unopposed)

• Rakisha Kearns-White
• Janelle Welch
• Djaz Zulida

Clerical Representative (on ballot)

• Luz Acevedo 
• Dornel Blair-Henderson
• Kay Jordan
• Lisa Pryce-Brown
• Joanna Salvatore

Special Officer Representative (unopposed)

• Anita Fritz

Custodian Representative (unopposed)

• Lamar Wright

Maintainer Representative (unopposed)

• Henry Gonzalez

Miscellaneous Representative (unopposed)

• David Jules

Delegates to DC37 (unopposed)

• Ronaldo Barber
• Abigail Garnett
• Ann Joseph
• Alexa Orr
• Janelle Welch

As outlined in a letter mailed to the membership of Local 1482, and posted here on the website, we are listing all nominations submitted to serve in the upcoming three-year term as Local 1482 officers and delegates to DC37.  

Any member who wishes to challenge the eligibility of a candidate to run for office must do so by submitting a challenge to the Election Committee no later than 12:00 pm on October 20, 2020.

The email address for the Election Committee is [email protected].  The Election Committee will post its determination regarding all submitted eligibility challenges here on the Local 1482 website.

In addition to submitting challenges of nominations, all questions regarding the election should be directed to the Election Committee.

Information about the final list of nominees and the mailing and submission of ballots will be shared on the website on a date after October 20th.

Nominations for Local 1482 Officers and Delegates to DC37

President

• Ronaldo Barber
• Dawn Marie Cassari

Librarian Vice President

• Jose Arellano
• Vivian Parham
• Catherine Skrzypek

Clerical Vice President

• Ann Joseph

Blue Collar Vice President

• Pedro Perez
• Igor Shapiro

Treasurer

• Paul Otto

Recording Secretary 

• Juanita James

Corresponding Secretary

• Karen Simon

Librarian Representative

• Rakisha Kearns-White
• Benita McCray (nomination declined)*
• Vivian Parham
• Janelle Welch
• Djaz Zulida 

Clerical Representative

• Luz Acevedo 
• Dornel Blair-Henderson
• Kay Jordan
• Lisa Pryce-Brown
• Joanna Salvatore

Special Officer Representative

• Anita Fritz

Custodian Representative

• Lamar Wright

Maintainer Representative

• Henry Gonzalez

Miscellaneous Representative

• David Jules

Delegates to DC37

• Ronaldo Barber
• Jess Gafkowitz
• Abigail Garnett
• Ann Joseph
• Randi Mason (nomination declined)*
• Benita McCray (nomination declined)*
• Alexa Orr
• Janelle Welch

Edited to Add 10/19/2020.  This post has been edited to accurately record the preferred names of nominees on this list.  

* Edited to Add 10/19/2020.  This post has been edited to reflect nominees who have declined their nominations (as indicated above in the Librarian Representative and DC 37 Representative positions).

The first General Membership meeting for 2020-2021 is scheduled for Monday, October 5 at 7:00 pm.  It will be held on Zoom.

To receive the login information, submit this form ​with your full name and email address. We will email you the Zoom link and login  information on Sunday night, or at 6 pm on Monday night if you submit the form later on Sunday or on Monday before 6 pm.

Providing there is a quorum, this will be an official General Membership Meeting, and there will be information shared on the nominating procedures for the upcoming election of Local 1482 officers for the new three-year term starting in December, 2020.  

Please share the reservation form with colleagues and friends who are Local 1482 members.  You can find all Local 1482 meeting dates for 2020 through June,  2021 here.