Dear IDPF Members,
Voting
closed to fill the seven open IDPF Board of Director seats, plus position of
IDPF President at 2400 EST on Thursday December 17th. Eligibility for voting required that the
candidate be from an IDPF member in good standing.
Position of IDPF President (1 seat)
A quorum was achieved for
election for IDPF President with 54% of eligible members casting their vote. The vote used
the IDPF Remote Voting procedure via email. There were two candidates for
the open position. Each FOR vote received one point; the candidate with the most points was elected.
Congratulations to George Kerscher, DAISY
Consortium who has been elected
IDPF President and automatically receives one of the open Board seats.*
* As successful candidate for President and one of top seven vote-getters
for Board Seat, the next candidate with the highest number of votes will
serve on the Board of Directors.
IDPF Board of Directors (7 seats)
A quorum was achieved for
this election with 57% of eligible members casting their vote. The vote used
the IDPF Remote Voting procedure via email. There were twenty-one candidates for
the open position. Each FOR vote received one point; the candidate with the most points was elected.
Congratulations to the following candidates
who have been elected or re-elected to the IDPF Board of Directors.
Matt Shatz –
Random House, Inc.
Andrew Savikas –
O'Reilly Media
Nick Bogaty –
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Garth Conboy – eBook
Technologies, Inc.
Malle Vallik –
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Cristina Mussinelli –
Associazione Italiana Editori
Peter Brantley –
Internet Archive
Summary Total of Votes per candidate is
listed here:
Our next scheduled election for open Board of Directors positions will be
November 2010, when one term expires. In the event of a resignation, we will schedule an election
as may be required. Thank you and congratulations to all of the nominees in
this election. Thank you to our voting members for your timely
participation.
Best,
Michael
Michael Smith
Executive Director
International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
msmith@idpf.org
www.idpf.org
Tel: 905-235-IDPF (4373)
Fax: 212-591-6657
