From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@msn.com)
Date: Mon Jan 09 2006 - 10:37:59 PST
Fred,
The total MVPA Votes Cast were: 1032
The votes Quantity is as follows:
Sven Johnson 683
Greg Wolanin 645
Al Nicholsdon 646
Jin Diaz 610
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Bob Brown 536
Jim Gilmore 3 Write Ins
That is the info you asked about ??? Our Candidates were elected.
The info did not come from Sven, but it came from a very reliable source.
Tom
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> The rumor is, and I stress, only a RUMOR that I've heard and that I
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Kenton Tucker 598
Not sure who is supposed to notify us officially, but I got the facts
recently.
From: "Fred H. Schlesinger" <fred@schlesingers.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Anyone hear the outcome of the mvpa elections?
> believe,
> is that the new slate including Sven Johnson was elected by a landslide.
> Sooner or later they have got to let us know officially. Would be a good
> chance to eat crow after all the self-promotion I've seen in the magazine
> lately from the president and editor. We will see how they handle it,
> gracefully or not.
>
> Hopefully, the re-constituted Board can make some real changes in that
> organization, that is loaded with money, lots of it, and does little for
> the
> hobby or for our country and the military.
>
> Speaking for myself, I have been very disappointed with the MVPA. It
> seems
> like they are running a business, and not a hobby. When I think of the
> MVPA, I think of the magazine, which they get advertising fees for, the
> annual event, and little triangular patches and tee shirts. They do
> little
> to support their affiliated clubs, compared to what they could do if they
> had that as a focus. It is the local clubs where I see the real good work
> being done, which is probably why the local clubs don't have a million
> dollars in the bank.
>
> But the MVPA can do better, and I hope the new guys can make a difference.
>
> - Just one MVPA member's opinion.
>