At the beginning of every calendar year we nominate and elect members to our Board of Directors and we need the full support and action of all Arch Reactor Members for the organization to be successful. All current Full and Supporting Members of Arch Reactor should have received an email notification with this information. If you did not receive that email, please reach out to the Board immediately to update your email address so that you will receive your Confidential Voting Link.
Nominations::
Nominations for the Board remain open until the evening of January 24. Currently the nominees are:
- President - Diane Sudduth & Joe Cathell
- Treasurer - Derek Sigler
- Director of Public Relations - Frank Kallal
- Director of Education - Jeff Simmons
Please visit 2023 AR Board Nominations for more information and to nominate additional members.
Debates::
Debates and Q&A sessions will happen Tonight at AR starting at or near 7pm. Though the snow isn't predicted to start until fairly late this evening if you would prefer to join the meeting remotely we will use the same Jitsi link as our business meetings. Please Join The Meeting Here We will attempt to record the session and make it available for those who cannot attend in person but please attend live if you can and ask questions of the nominees. You may also submit questions in advance to the nominees via Discord on the 2023-Election thread.
Every candidate will have approximately 10 minutes to both make a statement about their goals and objectives and field questions from the assembled members. Your active participation with questions will greatly contribute to the success of this evening.
The Election::
It Is Important That You Vote! Even if a position has only one nominee it is essential that you cast your ballot.
On Wednesday, January 25 you will receive an email from OpaVote.com with a subject line of "Arch Reactor 2023 Board of Directors Election". This email will contain additional information about the voting process, hopefully will include a link to the recorded debate, and will give you a unique and confidential link to your ballot. OpaVote does not permit us to correlate the URLs to individuals, your vote is confidential. Both Full and Supporting Members should Vote.
If you have not received this email by Thursday morning, please check your Spam folder, please check the 2023 Elections Discord Channel for announcements, and then please reach out for assistance.
Please cast your ballot between Wednesday, January 25 when the email arrives and Noon on Tuesday, February 7. Winners will be notified once voting closes and the new board will be installed at the February Business Meeting on February 7th, at 8pm.