NTEU Chapter 296 Elections 2020-2021

Election Report and Notice of Balloting for Two (2) Offices

The Nominations and Elections Committee sent a Notice of Nomination and Election of Chapter Officers to all Chapter 296 members in good standing (as of November 15, 2020) on December 11, 2020. The notice invited nominations for Chapter 296 officers – President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Committee received multiple nominations for each office. The Committee notified all nominees of their nomination and requested that their Agreement to Run for Chapter Office be submitted by January 13, 2021.

For several offices, only one nominee accepted the nomination for that office. As stated in the Notice of Nomination and Election of Chapter Officers and in Chapter bylaws, “Where the nominee is unopposed, there shall be no necessity for the election of such nominee, and he/she shall be declared duly elected, effective as of the conclusion of the term of the previous incumbent.” (Part VIII, Section 3E) Therefore, the following unopposed candidates are declared duly elected to these offices as of the conclusion of the term of the current incumbents:

President   Rudy D'Alessandro

First Vice President    Liz Petrella

Secretary   Emily Button Kambic

Two (2) nominees accepted a nomination and agreed to become candidates for the office of Second Vice President:

Jennifer Sieracki

Emelda Zuschlag

Two (2) nominees accepted a nomination and agreed to become candidates for the office of Treasurer:

Karen Mudar

Katy Wyman-Young

The election for the offices of Second Vice President and Treasurer will be conducted by electronic secret ballot. Write-in candidates are not allowed. Directions for electronic balloting will be sent to members in good standing (as of November 15, 2020) on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. The information will be sent to members’ National Park Service email addresses and to retired members' personal email addresses.

Members must cast their ballot electronically, by 12:00 pm (noon) on Monday, February 1, 2020. At that time, voting will close and the tally of ballots will be reviewed. The candidate receiving a plurality of votes for each office will be declared the winner of that office. The Committee will report the result of the election to members via email.