Council Nomination Starts
LOCAL CHURCH COUNCIL: FOUR SEATS OPEN IN UPCOMING ELECTION
Voting: November 24 to December 8 (3 Sundays)
Council Voting has started on November 24th.
Our Local Church Council is made up of seven representatives from our church community who represent you and our community at large in making decisions about issues related to budget, policy, and programs. Your current representatives are: Curtis Martin, Kazue Short, Jennifer Pierce, Magda Ozono, Adeline MacFarlane, Michael Ginze, and Felicia Jones-Locke.
For the term 2020-21, there are four positions that are up for election. Council members are not re-elected automatically; they must go through the process listed below like other nominees.
We appreciate the service of Curtis Martin, Kazue Short, and Jennifer Pierce – these three have each served for four years, and according to our by-laws, cannot run for re-election for this term – they need to “sit out” at least one term, if they wish to run again in the future. The fourth position to be selected is held by Magda Ozono, who may run again if she chooses.
Qualifications for (a) voting and for (b) serving on the Church Council, as well as (c) our Local Church by-laws, please click HERE.
NOMINATIONS
• Nominations begin Sunday, November 3 and conclude on Sunday, November 24th.
• On Sunday, November 24th we will hold a “meet your candidates” event after the Sunday Celebration.
• How to nominate: If you are qualified, you can nominate yourself. If you wish to nominate someone else, be sure to confirm with that person that he/she is interested in being nominated. You may submit the name of the nominee by emailing to: lafcvoting@gmail.com or contacting one of the three persons listed below (Election Committee members).
VOTING
• Voting will be open from November 24th to December 12th.
• Paper ballots (and a box to receive them) will be available at church on November 24, December 1, and December 8. Voting can also occur by emailing to: lafcvoting@gmail.com. Each person can vote only once, and you can vote for one, two, three or four candidates. Your name must be on the ballot so that we know you are qualified, and voting once. If more than one ballot is received, or more than four persons are voted for, the Election Committee may discard the ballots.
Click HERE for the Council Election schedule calendar.
Thank you for taking responsibility for our shared church community.
Sincerely,
Election committee members
Keith McCarthy
Sheri Rueter
Carol Takhar
Current council members term ending in December 2019 are:
Curtis Martin (cannot run again since he has been on the council for two consecutive terms)
Kazue Short (cannot run again since she has been on the council for two consecutive terms)
Jennifer Pierce (cannot run again since she has been on the council for two consecutive terms)
Magda Ozono (can run again)
Current council members who will serve until the end of 2020 are:
Michael Ginze
Felicia Jones-Locke
Adeline Macfarlane
Charter (who can vote/membership, etc.)