<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Gary<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your note.</div><div><br></div><div>I am confused about the term "advisory election" and that the officers would "decide who to appoint to the second NomCom slot."</div><div><br></div><div>Surely the election result would tell us who the members would like to appoint to the second Nominating Committee seat?</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps you could clarify?</div><div><br></div><div>Liz<br><div><div>On 9 Sep 2009, at 08:37, BC Secretariat wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Optima; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><font size="2" face="Arial">The Officers of the BC have received the email from Marilyn Cade about her<br>complaint to the Ombudsman with respect to the BC elections for the<br>Nominating Committee. The Officers will address that complaint if and when<br>the Ombudsman requests our input. Ombudsman's complaints often take several<br>weeks.<br><br>Meanwhile, the second election for the 'large business' slot is open for<br>nominations until end of this Thursday, and the election will follow as<br>previously announced by the Secretariat. The Officers will consider the<br>outcome of that advisory election, and will then decide who to appoint to<br>this second NomCom slot.</font></font></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Mike Rodenbaugh</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Philip Sheppard</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Zahid Jamil</font></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>