The Foreign Service Journal, April 2017

54 APRIL 2017 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS Announcing the 2017-2019 AFSAGoverning Board Candidates The AFSA Committee on Elections has approved the following candidates for positions on the ballot for election of the 2017-2019 AFSA Governing Board. AFSA members are encouraged to visit the AFSA Community forum to participate in an online discussion forum with can- didates. Candidates and mem- bers may post questions or comments to the discussion thread 2017 AFSA Govern- ing Board Election & Bylaw Amendments . All members must log in to participate and have personal email addresses stored on their profile. (Note: government email addresses will not be accepted on the AFSA Com- munity site.) A Town Hall meeting has been set for Tuesday, April 4, at 12 p.m. in the first-floor conference room at the AFSA HQ building, 2101 E Street NW, Washington DC 20037. This event will be taped and made available on the AFSA YouTube channel. The candidates’ statements will be posted on the AFSA website on April 3. If you have not already done so, please ensure AFSA has your current address on record. To update your address information, send an email to member@afsa. org n LOOK FOR YOUR BALLOT: VOTE IN THE AFSA GOVERNING BOARD ELECTION The election for the 2017-2019 AFSA Governing Board officers and constituency representatives is underway. Details about the election, including the rules, can be found at www.afsa.org/elections . Candidates’ campaign statements and videos will be made available to members on the AFSAwebsite.We remind our readers that campaigning using an employer email by any member is prohibited (with the exception of the three preapproved candidate email blasts). Ballots: Ballots will be distributed on or about April 17. If you have a valid email address on file with AFSA, an email containing a unique passcode and instructions for voting online will be sent to you. Regular members who were in good standing as of March 17 can also visit the secure online ballot site www.directvote.net/AFSA after April 17 and request that an email containing unique login credentials be sent to them. Be sure to add noreply@directvote.net to your approved sender list to ensure delivery. Printed ballots will be sent to all retired members via the U.S. Postal Service. If an online and a printed ballot are returned for the same member, only the printed ballot will be counted. If you do not receive a ballot by May 8, please contact election@afsa.org. Requests for a duplicate ballot can be sent by email or in writing to AFSA Committee on Elec- tions, 2101 E Street NW,Washington DC 20037. Please include your full name, current address, email address and telephone number. Ballot Tally: On June 8, at 8 a.m. EDT, the printed ballots will be collected from the post office inWashington, D.C. Printed ballots must be received at the post office by that time to be counted. The online voting site will close at 8 a.m. EDT on June 8. All AFSAmembers are strongly encouraged to vote in this election. Please review your options for voting and ensure that you cast your ballot in a timely manner. n AFSA/JOSH 2017 Governing Board Candidates NOMINEE POSITION Barbara Stephenson * President Tom Boyatt * Secretary Earl Anthony (Tony) Wayne * Treasurer Joe De Maria State VP Kenneth Kero-Mentz * State VP Ann Posner USAID VP Daniel T. Crocker * FCS VP Steve Morrison FCS VP Hoa Van Huynh FAS VP Bill Haugh * Retiree VP John K. Naland Retiree VP Matthew Hilgendorf FCS Rep AndrewWylegala FCS Rep John J. Hurley APHIS Rep Steven L. Herman BBG Rep NOMINEE POSITION ThomWright FAS Rep Christopher C. Ashe State Rep Lawrence W. K. Casselle * State Rep Anne Coleman-Honn * State Rep Josh Glazeroff * State Rep Martin McDowell * State Rep Thomas Michels State Rep Salina Rico State Rep Andrew J. Scheineson State Rep Adam Vogelzang State Rep Tricia Wingerter * State Rep George Colvin Retiree Rep Alphonse F. La Porta * Retiree Rep Philip A. Shull * Retiree Rep * Member of the Strong Diplomacy slate.