AVA Candidate Information

The recruitment of AVA National Officers and Regional Directors for AVA Executive Council XIII is now finished and the Nominating Committee is presenting the slate of candidates to the membership in this issue of TAW. Please take time to read each candidate’s response to the following five questions:

What is your vision for the AVA?; Why do you want to serve on the AVA Executive Council?; What are the major challenges facing the AVA and what would you do about them?;  What specific professional and volunteer expertise would you bring to the Council?;  What have been your most significant volkssport contributions in the past five years?

Your opinion is critical in club discussions of candidates and their qualifications and experience for office. Your opinion will assist in determining the voting instructions for your club delegate as well as any additional questions or clarifications the club might want their delegate to ask the candidates at any local regional election or at the AVA Biennial Convention prior to the election of officers.

Election procedures for the four National Officers - President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer - differ from the election procedures for the 10 Regional Directors. For more details refer to the Bylaws of the American Volkssport Association, Article V - Officers and Article VI - Regional Directors.

Editor’s note: The candidate responses are included as submitted; no editing was done by TAW.

	Shirley Lindberg Candidate for President Candidates Statements	Ginny Drumm Candidate for vice president Candidates Statements
Patty Proulx Candidate for secretary Candidates Statements			Fred Sheets Candidate for treasurer Candidates Statements
	John Baird Candidate for Regional Director Rocky Mountain Region Candidates Statements	Carolyn Lai Candidate for Regional Director Rocky Mountain Region Candidates Statements
Joan Lampart Candidate for Regional Director Atlantic Region Candidates Statements			Edward J. Tod Candidate for Regional Director South Central Region Candidates Statements
	Dennis Michele Candidate for Regional Director Southeast Region Candidates Statements	Leonard Wojtysiak Candidate for Regional Director Mid America Region Candidates Statements
Leslie Penton Candidate for Regional Director Northeast Region Candidates Statements			Bonnie Johnson Candidate for Regional Director North Central Region Candidates Statements
	Curt Myron Candidate for Regional Director Northwest Region Candidates Statements	John Ferguson Candidate for Regional Director Southwest Region Candidates Statements
Herman Husbands Candidate for Regional Director Pacific Region Candidates Statements			Click here to view PDF version of candidate information