Path: utzoo!mnetor!philmtl!ncc!atha!lyndon
From: lyndon@aurora.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: can.usrgroup
Subject: Re: Call for Nominations for Directors for /usr/group/cdn
Keywords: Record date is Wednesday, April 26!
Message-ID: <544@aurora.AthabascaU.CA>
Date: 25 Apr 89 17:55:04 GMT
References: <1989Apr24.161951.16349@tmsoft.uucp>
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In-reply-to: mason@tmsoft.uucp (Dave Mason)

In article <1989Apr24.161951.16349@tmsoft.uucp>, mason@tmsoft (Dave Mason) writes:
>  I would personally like to encourage people from outside the Toronto
>area to run for Director, as I feel that is the best way to make this
>a truly Canadian organization.  I would REALLY like to see a Director
>from each of Quebec and the West elected this time, with further
>representation in subsequent elections.

Hmm, last time I looked there were 10 provinces and two territories.
*I* would personally like to see the board consist of 12 people,
with one person elected per province/territory. This is /usr/group/*cdn*
after all ... (isn't it?) 

>  I would also like to
>encourage women to run for the Board (one of our Founding Directors
>was a woman, but no female board members in the last 1.5 years).  I
>feel we need a more balanced, even keeled board in many different
>ways, and both of these kinds of representation will help.

Gasp! What a novel concept! But then again, since were letting those
weterners in ...