06-19-2018, 07:01 PM
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Originally posted by mermaid53
The elections are a members' annual event and it would seem then that the members should be informed as soon as possible. The employees knew the "official" results as of yesterday. Why not the members?
As a courtesy, the candidates should be informed first before any election result announcement is made.
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We used to notify and congratulate the winners as soon as we got the certified results. This was done not only as a courtesy but to let them know to show up for the General Membership Meeting to be introduced.
We also sent a thank you letter to the “also-rans”.
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The results were announced as soon as they walked to the office and had one of the staff type up the list of winners.
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We waited for the June Membership Meeting.
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Chunkster. do you know if the candidates were informed of the results before the public announcement was made?
Yes, but given that things have been done differently since my time there, I suppose the certified result letter could be scanned and posted on the website......but only after the candidates have been notified. That might serve as a verification that the counting tallies are accurate.