he EC election and its outcome was approved by the General Assembly (GA) which took place in Hotel Park Moskva, Sofia on Wednesday May 17th 2017 following the ERA Workshop. The maximum number of valid votes that could have been cast was 110. The actual number of votes cast was 94. All these votes were valid. Three votes were cast in person at the GA while 91 had been cast electronically prior to the GA. The ERA Membership had been informed of the online voting procedures by e-mail on 21 April by the Secretary. All voting, both online and in person, was done confidentially. Just prior to the GA the votes cast were verified and counted by the ERA President, Secretary and Treasurer.
The following is a list of the candidates (in alphabetical order) together with the votes each candidate received. There were 17 candidates for 15 positions. In keeping therefore with the ERA Statutes the candidates which received the 15 highest number of votes were presented to the GA which gave its approval to their election. The incoming EC, which takes office on 1 January 2018, will in due course elect from within its ranks its four officers (President, Vice –President, Secretary and Treasurer). The successful candidates for these positions will also be announced on the ERA Website.
NAMES OF CANDIDATES NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED
Rebecca Coates 48
Bernard Collignan 77
Boris Dehandschutter 88
Martin Freeman 58
Jose Luis Gutierrez-Villanueva 88
Maria Hansen 68
Erik Hulber 44
Stephanie Hurst 80
Geraldine Ielsch 56
Krzysztof Kozak 54
James Mc. Laughlin 83
Matej Neznal 81
Per Nilsson 77
Dobromir Pressyanov 51
Wolfgang Ringer 86
Thomas Streil 22
Vladimir Udovicic 57
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