One President candidate, one Vice President candidate, and three BOD candidates with at least half of the total votes within their categories will be elected, respectively.
Remark: Although there are more nominees for each of the open positions, only the current listed candidates has agreed to accept the nominations, and we have the same number of candidate for the numbers of open positions. Even though, we still hope you cast your vote to show your support to CAFA as well as to all the candidates. Thanks!
2. What By-Law Amendment to vote for?
Current By-Law Version
ARTICLE I. NAME (Current version)
The name of this organization is the Chinese-American Friendship Association in the Triangle Area, North Carolina (CAFA).
Proposed Amendment:
ARTICLE I. NAME
The name of this organization is the Chinese-American Friendship Association of North Carolina (CAFA).
The proposed amendment is to reflect the fact that many members of CAFA are from other areas of North Carolina instead of just the Triangle Areas, and to reflect the fact that CAFA is serving for all Chinese-Americans from the entire state of North Carolina.
The proposed amendment has been approved by current CAFA Board of Directors unanimously, and a two-third affirmative vote is required for ratification.
3. Who is eligible to vote?
All current CAFA members, who are active in 2009 (2009 membership due
is paid by noon of September 1, 2009), are eligible to vote. Each
single CAFA member has ONLY one vote. Family members under a CAFA
family membership have ONLY two votes. Family members can choose to
vote in one ballot if they vote the same. Otherwise, they have to vote
separately.
Remark: CAFA Honorary members can use their regular CAFA ID to vote. Please contact membership@cafanc.org for help.
4. When does the voting start?
Voting will start from September 11, 2009, and will end at 12:00 noon of September 21, 2009.
5. How to vote?
All votes should be done through internet. The URL of the voting form is: http://www.cafanc.org/election/vote.php. Please follow the detailed instruction on the web page to vote.
All voting CAFA member must include his/her full name and CAFA membership ID in the ballot. The CAFA Election Committee will use it to validate the membership status. Membership status is based on the membership fee is paid for CAFA 2009 membership by noon of September 1, 2009.
6. How does the voting process conclude?
The CAFA election committee will tally all eligible votes received
during the voting period (from September 11, 2009 to 12:00 noon of
September 21, 2009).
Candidates who receive highest number of votes become new president, new vice president and board members. Should there be a tie, there will be another round of voting only for those involved with the tie.
The voting results will be announced by September 23, 2009 via email and at the CAFA website at www.cafanc.org.
7. More questions?
Please contact CAFA Election Committee at election@cafanc.org.
Mr. PANG, Tao (919) 264-3831 (Chair)
Mr. FU, Jiarong (919) 483-2404
Ms. WENG, Sharon (919) 452-3089