SCA Annual Meeting Election Results

We had a fantastic in person turnout at last night's Annual Meeting--156 people signed in, and who knows how many joined after the sign-in sheets filled up!

We appreciate everyone’s patience, as more neighbors attended than we had capacity for. Without the benefit of a microphone, we were grateful to members for keeping the volume low enough for the speakers to be heard. This year, we also engaged a parliamentarian to facilitate the meeting, which brought structure and benefits we hope to continue.

Using ballots for the floor vote was a new experience for us. While we recognize areas for improvement, we plan to refine the process and use ballots again next year.

As presented during the meeting, many votes were proxied to others prior to the floor vote:  
                                                         Director & Budget               CRC Vote
Votes Proxied to SCA Board                        265                                205
Votes Proxied to C. Bofferding                      41                                  38
Votes Proxied to F. Brito                                 4                                    4
Votes Proxied to B. Zhang/C. Lee                7                                    6
Votes Proxied to Others                                 2                                    1

In addition to the five Director candidates recommended by the Board (Lawrence Chiu, Nikhil Gore, Jiawei Gu, Fred Huang, and Lisa Young), six members were nominated from the floor: Charles Bofferding, Francis Brito, Christina Lee, Yue Zhao, Benson Zhang, and Reza Zinati.

Volunteers from the audience formed a Tellers Committee, consisting of Gary Albert, Bonny Ghosal, Judy Guzak, Kristen Iversen (SCA Secretary), and Marie Vieth (SCA Treasurer). The committee validated and tabulated the ballots, and the results are as follows:

• Total Ballots Received: 76 + 1 proxy recorded earlier
• Invalid Ballots: 8 (1 with no voter name, 7 from non-members)
• Votes Adjusted: 4 ballots from members who had already proxied their votes were applied as ballot votes, rescinding their proxied votes.

Result

• 2025 Budget Approval: 330 Yays, 10 Nays, 10 Abstained
• CRC Membership Ratification: 226 Yays, 75 Nays, 12 Abstained
• Elected Directors for 3-Year Terms Starting February 2025:
  • Lawrence Chiu
  • Nikhil Gore
  • Jiawei Gu
  • Fred Huang
  • Lisa Young
    

Congratulations to our newly elected Board members!

Thank you all for attending the meeting. A recap will be sent out next week, and the presentation slides and handouts are available here on Google Drive.

Annual Meeting PowerPoint and Materials

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