Here are the Davis Food Co-op Election Results

The Davis Food Co-op posted the preliminary results for their recent Board of Directors election. Here they are, via the Co-op website. The numbers are subject to slight adjustment. 

Directors elected to three year terms:

• Desmond Jolly, 656 votes
• Zoë Plakias, 487 votes
• Bija Young, 441 votes

Director elected to one year term (created by resignation):

• Bernie Goldsmith, 399 votes

Alternate Directors (First and Second, respectively) for one year terms:

• Ed Clemens, 331 votes
• Travis Breckon, 314 votes

Withdrawn candidate also receiving votes:

• Karen Mo, 495 votes

Four undeclared candidates received votes (undeclared candidates cannot be elected): Richard Livingston, Ken Wagstaff, Brett Lee & Willee Roberts all received one vote each.

8,902 shareholders were in good standing on 5/25; 926 ballots have been counted, for a turnout of under 10.3 percent. Our Bylaws state that a quorum for a regularly scheduled ballot is five percent of shareholders in good standing.

Voting has ended as of May 25, 2012 at close of business. See the full calendar below, adopted by the Co-op Board of Directors, by unanimous vote at the meeting of December 5, 2011. Ballots and Voter's Pamphlets should be delivered to addresses on file of shareholders in good standing (as of March 31, 2012); delivery for Davis area addresses seems to have been mostly on 4/26 and 4/27/12.

Useful links (updated to 2012 during the election cycle, as they become relevant)

Instructions on how to change your vote if (perchance) you voted for a candidate who withdrew during the voting.

• Link to 2012 Election Ballot (a PDF file)
• Link to 2012 Voter's Pamphlet (a PDF file)
• Link for free Annual Meeting tickets (leaves this site & goes to Eventbrite.com)
• Jump to 2012 Election Calendar
• Jump to Voting Instructions
• Link to DFC Elections Policies
• Open page on DavisWiki about 2012 Co-op Election - A wiki is a web page that anyone can edit, to express their opinions or ask questions.

Running for the Board
You must be a Co-op shareholder in good standing to serve on the Board. If you're a member of a shareholder's household now, but don't own shares, you can run. If you're elected, you must purchase your own shares in order to serve.

For more information on eligibility, please read the 2012 Candidate's Packet, "You can become a Candidate..." (a PDF file) and the 2012 Declaration of Candidacy (also a PDF file). If you have questions, please contact the Election Committee (below).

Candidates
Voters will be selecting candidates to fill three seats on the Board with three-year terms, plus a final year of the term of a Director who resigned. You can vote for up to four candidates. The top three vote-getters in the election will be seated to fill three-year terms as Directors, the fourth to fill the one-year term, while the fifth and sixth-placed candidates will be seated as first and second Alternate Directors. Alternates serve for one year and vote at Board meetings when a Director is absent. Alternates are appointed to fill out a term if a Director resigns or is incapable of serving.

Any members who declare candidacy (using the form approved by the Board and available in the store or on-line) and receive votes can be elected as write-in candidates, either as Directors or Alternates.

Voters will not be choosing whether or not to amend our Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation; no initiative petition that qualified under our Bylaws was submitted, nor did the Board voe to place amendments on the ballot.