The Foreign Service Journal, June 2017

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JUNE 2017 57 AFSA NEWS Last Chance to Vote in the AFSA Election! This is it, your last chance to vote for the 2017-2019 AFSA Governing Board and pro- posed bylaw amendments! If you have not already done so, check out the can- didates’ campaign literature, proposed bylaw amend- ments, plus explanation, and a statement of opposition to one of the proposals, avail- able from the AFSA website, www.afsa.org/elections. Ballots: Ballots were distributed on April 17. If you have a valid email address on file with AFSA, an email con- taining a unique passcode and instructions for voting online was sent to you. If you did not receive that email, regular members who were in good standing as of March 17 can visit the secure online ballot site, www.directvote.net/AFSA , and request that an email containing unique login credentials be sent to you. Be sure to add noreply@ directvote.net to your approved sender list to ensure receipt. Printed ballots have been sent to all retired members via the U.S. Postal Service. If an online and a printed bal- lot are returned for the same member, only the printed ballot will be counted. Ballot Tally: On June 8, at 8 a.m. EDT, the printed ballots will be collected from the post office in Washing- ton, D.C. Printed ballots must be received at the post office by that time to be counted. The online voting site will also close at 8 a.m. EDT on June 8 . Your vote matters and you are strongly encouraged to take this opportunity to have your say in who will represent you on the new AFSA Govern- ing Board. The new board will take office on July 15. Thank you for your participation! n