While Congress is in its summer recess WineAmerica has been working on some organizational projects. One of those projects is the WineAmerica 2017 Board of Directors Election. On Tuesday October 10, we will be sending out the election ballots for the 2017 election. The election will then run until Tuesday October 24. The WineAmerica Board of Directors will then certify the election at the Board Meeting in Napa, CA on Thursday, November 9.

 

As you may or may not know, WineAmerica is divided into nine distinct geographical regions:

 

·   California

·    Oregon

·    Washington

·    Rocky Mountain: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming

·   Midwest: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas

·    Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin

·    New York

·    Northeast: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont

·    Southeast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia

 

Each region has one regional Board member, with the exception of California, which has two. In addition to these ten regional Board members, there are seven At-Large members on the WineAmerica Board. One of those seven At-Large members it the Chair of the State and Regional Association Advisory Council (SRAAC). Each Board member is elected for three year terms, and the election of the directors is staggered.

 

One of the most important duties of the WineAmerica Membership is the election of the Board of Directors. To that end, as mentioned above, we will be sending out electronic ballots on Tuesday, October 10. If a Board member is up for election or re-election in your region, you will be emailed a ballot with that slate, as well as the slate of At-Large directors up for election or re-election. If no regional Board election is happening in your region this year you will simply receive a ballot with the At-Large slate. The election will remain open for two weeks, and the results will be announced after the next Board of Directors Meeting.