The USBF Nominating Committee nominated Steve Garner to replace resigning Director Huub Bertens on the USBF Board of Directors and there were no Petition Candidates at the end of the day on July 29th, so Steve has been elected by acclimation. He will serve until December 31, 2022. Welcome, Steve! We have lots of committees for you to serve on 😀.
The USBF Nominating Committee has nominated Steve Garner to fill the USBF Board of Directors position vacated by Huub Bertens' resignation.
Any USBF Active Member may add his or her name to the election slate by filing as a Petition Candidate on or before July 29th. If there are no Petition Candidates, Garner will be elected on July 30th. If one or more Petition candidates come forward, the election will take place from August 18th to September 17th.
The USBF will conduct an election to fill a vacancy on its Board of Directors caused by the resignation of Huub Bertens. The seat is for a term commencing at the completion of the election and running through December 31, 2022.
USBF Board members must be Active USBF members, having paid the 2020 annual active or resident member dues of $50.
In addition to those candidates nominated by the nominating committee, candidates may be nominated by petition. Twenty-five or more Active or Resident Members of USBF may nominate an Active or Resident Member for a Board position. To file a petition nominating a candidate, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the name of the candidate and the names and email addresses of the people making the nomination on or before July 29, 2020. If there are no petition candidates and the Nominating Committee nominates only one person, the candidate nominated by the Nominating Committee will be elected without the need for an election.
See the election timeline below for when things happen. Download the Election Procedures and Board Member Expectiations for more complete information about the election
Any Active USBF member interested in being on the ballot who has not been nominated by the Nominating Committee should go to About USBF and read the final paragraph on the page (Election Information), which directs you to the relevant documents.
| ACTION | Relation to BMD* | Date | Week Day |
| Nominating Committee reports to Elections Committee |
31 Days before BMD | 7/18/20 | Saturday |
| Nominations Close | 30 Days before BMD | 7/19/20 | Sunday |
| Last Day for Petition Candidates | 20 days before BMD | 7/29/20 | Wednesday |
| Eligible Voter List Posted on Web site** | 15 days before BMD | 8/3/20 | Monday |
| Last day to protest voter list** | 7 days before BMD | 8/11/20 | Tuesday |
| Ballot Mailing Date (BMD)** | 8/18/20 | Tuesday | |
| End of voting period** | 9/17/20 | Thursday | |
| Announce Results | 9/21/20 | Monday | |
| Last Day for protest of election |
10 days after results announced |
10/1/20 | Thursday |
* BMD = Ballot Mailing Date
** Necessary only if more candidates are nominated than there are positions open.
The Gupta team won the Round Robin and picked Donner as their Quarterfinal opponent. So Gupta is 3 and Donner 6
Rosenthal and Fleisher were randomly assigned to 4 (Rosenthal) & 5 (Fleisher)
Robinson and Moss were randomly asigned to 7 (Moss) & 8 (Robinson)
Bracket sheet will be up shortly