ABS at-large vote

Post by **bambooweb** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:27 am

I know I said I wanted to keep politics off of this board but at least this vote is bamboo related.

It is now time to vote for one of the At-large Representatives. Normally it is hard to get enough votes to finalize the election until the convention but if you are an ABS member you can mail or e-mail the ballot from the August issue of bamboo and get counted early.

There are a number of good candidates so I will not tell you how to vote only that we Needmore votes.

Bill

Roy · Post by **Roy** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:20 am

bambooweb wrote:I know I said I wanted to keep politics off of this board but at least this vote is bamboo related.

It is now time to vote for one of the At-large Representatives. Normally it is hard to get enough votes to finalize the election until the convention but if you are an ABS member you can mail or e-mail the ballot from the August issue of bamboo and get counted early.

There are a number of good candidates so I will not tell you how to vote only that we Needmore votes.

Bill

Bill,

If you Needmore votes to finalize the election, if one is a member of the ABS, then the member can cast his/her ballot via email at:

ned@bamboogarden.com

The candidates on the ballot for ABS At-Large Representative are:

Norman Bezona

Brad Salmon

JoAnne Wyman

If you Needmore votes to finalize the election, I can't help you. I've already voted via email.

Roy · Post by **Roy** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:08 pm

And you even get a "I VOTED" email to print and pin on your bamboo shirt:

Roy,

Got your vote!

Ned Jaquith
North Plains Oregon
http://www.bamboogarden.com/

I don't know if they Needmore votes, but think of it as your culmly duty, as a bamboophile, to vote.

Post by **bambooweb** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:34 pm

I received an e-mail from Ned this morning. So far there has been only 5 votes cast

Bill

Roy · Post by **Roy** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:17 pm

bambooweb wrote:I received an e-mail from Ned this morning. So far there has been only 5 votes cast

Bill

Bill,

Maybe I can help you with the

Many a times I've used the phrase "Silence of the Culms" in relationship to ABS leadership. Just look on the list of officers in ABS (see link below) and see how many names you recognize by their posts on Bambooweb.info?

http://www.americanbamboo.org/About.html#Officers

Didn't find very many did you! And that's the main reason ABS membership has not really grown much in the last 20 years, while the popularity of bamboo has increased by a 1000 percent during that same time.

Post by **bambooweb** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:53 pm

Hey, I found my name on that list

I do know that Ian and Ned occasionally lurk on the site but instead of posting they e-mail me.

A note on Ian. If anyone here is from Oregon, and has not joined the ABS, consider joining with the OBA as your primary chapter. As of the last count I heard they still needed 5 more members to be able to keep a Rep on the ABS board and it would be terrible to lose Ian since he was the one that let me use the ABS database to start this site.

Bill

mantis · Post by **mantis** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:44 pm

bambooweb wrote:I received an e-mail from Ned this morning. So far there has been only 5 votes cast

Bill

I don't remember seeing a ballot in my copy of Bamboo, but I'll look again when I get home tonight. I guess I just Needmore time to find the ballot and get it mailed in.

Roy · Post by **Roy** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:51 pm

mantis wrote:
bambooweb wrote:I received an e-mail from Ned this morning. So far there has been only 5 votes cast

Bill
I don't remember seeing a ballot in my copy of Bamboo, but I'll look again when I get home tonight. I guess I just Needmore time to find the ballot and get it mailed in.

The ballot is on page 23 of the August 2007 edition of BAMBOO. While you may Needmore time in deciding your candidate selection, be sure and get your ballot in by the deadline of Oct. 20, 2007.

rfgpitt · Post by **rfgpitt** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:36 pm

I needmore time to try and find my copy of BAMBOO since I moved. Who knows if it even got forwarded. Thanks for the email address......

ChrisM · Post by **ChrisM** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:09 pm

Thanks for posting the email addy. I don't needmore time to make my choice, I have sent mine in to Ned and gotten my reply.
Chris

Post by **David** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:12 am

I know we Needmore votes, so I voted twice!

Post by **bambooweb** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:03 am

Roy wrote:Bill,

Maybe I can help you with the

Many a times I've used the phrase "Silence of the Culms" in relationship to ABS leadership. Just look on the list of officers in ABS (see link below) and see how many names you recognize by their posts on Bambooweb.info?

Ned just sent an email to the board on another subject and noted the only board members that have voted are Ian and myself. I emailed him back asking why he had not voted

but I do think it is bad that most of the board have not voted.

Bill

Post by **needmore** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:12 am

I can't wait to get home and see my copy of the magazine so that I can decide who to vote for!

Roy · Post by **Roy** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:09 pm

David wrote:I know we Needmore votes, so I voted twice!

In the Banana Republic of Florida, we have a hard time voting once and getting it right! In Florida, we don't Needmore votes; we just need to be able to cast and count them correctly.

mantis · Post by **mantis** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:20 pm

Roy wrote: In the Banana Republic of Florida, we have a hard time voting once and getting it right! In Florida, we don't Needmore votes; we just need to be able to cast and count them correctly.

LOL!

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