Ballot Tally and Short Term Tasks

Copies of the “Design for a Joint Reorganization of APRRE and REA,” dated May 23, 2003, and ballots were mailed in late September 2003 to people who were members during the 2002-03 membership year and new members in 2003-04. Ballots were returned to Randy Litchfield, Executive Secretary of APRRE for tallying. The results are:

REA Members Ballots mailed: 475 Ballots returned: 138 Percent return: 29% Yes: 135 (98%) No: 2 ( 1%) Abstain: 1 ( 1%)

APRRE Members Ballots mailed: 337 Ballots returned: 108 Percent return: 32% Yes: 105 (97%) No: 2 ( 2%) Abstain: 1 ( 1%)

143 people received ballots as members of both REA and APRRE

The “Design for Joint Reorganization of REA and APRRE” remains available on both organization’s websites.

• A committee will begin work on revising the REA bylaws to reflect the “Design”
• A committee will begin nominating people for the new organizational structure
• A new Executive Secretary will take responsibility for REA and APRRE
• A plan to move to a single membership will be developed
• The APRRE and REA websites will be merged
• The APRRE and REA newsletters will be merged