To the Membership of IPMS/USA,

The results of this year’s officer elections and amendment referendum have been tabulated and verified and are available for your review below.  In short, all officers were running unopposed, and were confirmed by the vote.  All proposed amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws were approved by a majority of a sufficient number of the membership, to make a valid response as required in the By-Laws.  The specific totals for each line item are included below.

The Executive Board of IPMS/USA appreciates your participation in the election process.  Your participation and feedback are critical to the success of our Society.

2023 IPMS/USA Officer Election Results, September 18,2023	Online	Paper	Total
President
David Lockhart	606	139	745
John Figueroa*	0	1	1
Abstain	152	10	162
First Vice President
Phil Peterson	676	141	817
Gino Dykstra*	0	1	1
Abstain	82	8	90
Second Vice President
Len Pilhofer	684	142	826
Abstain	74	8	82
Director of Local Chapters
John Figueroa	690	143	833
Abstain	68	7	75
Historian/Publications Director
Ro Annis	692	142	834
Abstain	66	8	74
Secretary
Rob Booth	703	141	844
Abstain	55	9	64
Recruitment/Retention Secretary
David Knights	689	141	830
Alan Welch*		1	1
Abstain	69	8	77
Total votes	758	150	908
* indicates write-in candidate

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BL Amendment Referendum results are as follows:

 

Amendment	Yes	No
Amendment 1	766	70	PASSED
Amendment 2	741	97	PASSED
Amendment 3	713	123	PASSED
Amendment 4	767	69	PASSED
Amendment 5	759	78	PASSED
Amendment 6	752	84	PASSED
Amendment 7	754	81	PASSED
Amendment 8	750	86	PASSED
Amendment 9	774	61	PASSED
Amendment 10	766	69	PASSED
Amendment 11	750	84	PASSED
Amendment 12	657	163	PASSED *

IPMS/USA Membership Total as of 9/1/23: 4,921

10% of membership total votes required = 492

675 Votes received online

165 Votes received via Mail/Ballot Box

840 Total Ballots Eligible = 17% of the membership, and 348 votes above the threshold required by the By-Laws.

*Due to an error in the “Yes” or “No” choices in the online poll on Amendment 12, the word “Option” appeared instead. This only affected the ballot for those choosing to vote for each Amendment individually. Because of this we could not determine if the individual online votes for Amendment 12 were yes or no, so we counted them all as no. Those who voted Yes for all 12 Amendments as a whole far outnumbered the no votes. As you can see this had no impact on the outcome. None of the other Amendments had this issue.