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Did the current EWUA directors publish a widespread, noticeable call for candidates for this election? As a Member, did you personally know you could have submitted your name to be a candidate? So, without this Membership-wide request for candidates, how did the current EWUA directors choose who would be candidates? Were the revised bylaws passed?…
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Thank you to the Election Inspector Stewart Andrew and his volunteers who dedicated many hours and energy in making sure the election process was as fair as possible and then tabulating and professionally presenting the results. Thank you to those who participated by voting. It is important to stay active as Members. This is an…
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The recall results have been announced by the Election Inspector. Ron Claus, Carol Anderson, and Jim Cook were recalled. They are no longer directors at EWUA. The members retained Jim Nelson, Teri Nigretto, Mike Cleveland, and Leith Templin. The four directors have asked the Court to punish those who had asked for: 1) an election…
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The Member meeting to vote on the recall or retention of all seven EWUA Directors happened on Saturday, September 28, 2024. The Election Inspector and his assistants are validating and tabulating the approximately 450 proxies and ballots right now. They will announce the results once they are confident that they have it correct. We do…
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Privacy of Vote Is your vote in the recall election private? Thankfully, yes. This was a major point of contention in the negotiations between the two sides in the recall election. We strenuously argued for privacy while the dominant Board faction (dBf) sought a public vote. This is our understanding of the process. If you…
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News as of 1pm, 9/18/2024: After it was revealed that he had signed the petition to recall the minority directors, Bob Eagan has withdrawn his name as a volunteer to help the Election Inspector with the Recall process.
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Election Inspector Questions After receiving the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Election Inspector had the following questions. The Board is divided on how to answer the questions and, as a result, both the dominant Board faction and the minority faction are providing their own set of answers, with the inspector left to decide how to…
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On July 22, we submitted petitions calling for the recall of four directors. With little evidence that the recall was being taken seriously, we went to Court asking for four things: A neutral election inspector; The Members to be allowed to use the proxy of their choice; For proxies that are held in the name…
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Letter to Editor | A Cascade of Management Failures by Michael Riordan, Fred Klein, & Robert Austin III The Orcasonian editor has identified the identity thief (posting under the name of “Mike Douglas”) as a liar and banned the imposter from commenting.
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On September 11, 2024 Randy Gaylord wrote a letter to the editor about the water controversy. This was posted as a letter to the editor on The Orcasonian. Following the letter there was a comment added by someone claiming to be Mike Douglas. I called the only Mike Douglas that lives on the island that…