For all those seeking a single place to learn the results of this years TalkBoard elections, this is it.

The winners in this years TalkBoard elections for the five positions open for the 2005/2006 year have been duly elected:
1. gleff w/ 1223 votes
2. ozstamps w/ 979 votes
3. missydarlin w/ 837 votes
4. Cholula w/ 824 votes

Well, OK, at least four of them have been elected. Because of the very last two ballots cast last night (GUWonder at two minutes to midnight and JOUY31 right at midnight) there is a three-way tie for the fifth and final spot on the TalkBoard. Upon discussion and vote, the current TalkBoard has decided on a run-off to begin on Tuesday, Nov. 2 to run for seven days to determine the fifth spot as well as the order for the next two runner-ups to fulfill any open positions that may occur. Originally bhatnasx withdrew the run-off to continue supporting FlyerTalk via his role as a moderator but has reentered the run-off at the very last second (and seconds it was...)

The candidates for the run off are:
bhatnasx w/ 656 votes
doc w/ 656 votes
ScottC w/ 656 votes

THE RUN-OFF RESULTS:
ScottC w/ 2,512 votes
doc w/ 2,256 votes
bhatnasx w/ 2,111 votes

Welcome back ScottC to another term on the TalkBoard. For doc and bhatnasx: thank you both for your contributions to the dialog in this years elections and for the "new faces" among our candidates. I think on behalf of our members we certainly would welcome you and all the others back next year when we have 4 additional seats to fill.

A Note: by action of the TalkBoard, doc is now the first member in line to fill a vacant seat should any current member of the Board be unable to fulfill his elected term, followed by bhatnasx. Again a hearty congrats to all.


For those of you who enjoy the dark secrets of an election, did you know:
- The top candidate this year received about 45% more votes than the top candidate in last years elections.

- Eight candidates voted only for themselves, no one else.

- Five candidates did not vote in this years elections.

- Among those candidates that did vote, one candidate did not vote for himself, yet he did vote for five others.

- This years elections resulted in the first tie among the open positions.

- A total of 2,762 ballots were cast.

- There were 34 candidates.

- One candidate withdrew before the voting began citing the excellent level of candidates and another withdrew during the voting.

- And one candidate was not active in campaigning because he was busy helping a friend recover from the effects of the recent hurricanes here in the U.S.

OK, now for those of you who need to see just how much your vote counted or if you are going to win a bet because of the number of votes a particular member received, here's the final tally:
gleff
1223

ozstamps
979

missydarlin
837

Cholula
824

bhatnasx
656

doc
656

ScottC
656

FewMiles
630

kokonutz
554

Shareholder
514

VPescado
468

peteropny
440

stimpy
364

Markie
328

socrates
298

parnel
198

Marathon Man
196

John C
145

nsx
140

Radioman
122

CameraGuy
112

civicmon
92

Alston
89

HNL
84

NOLAnwGOLD
76

~Matthew~
64

vivrant
38

Buzzard533
36

xmlsoa
25

rothsteg
25

fredman
23

mbstone
20

RamAir
20

gaz_zman
18

P.S. Thank you all for exercising your privilege to vote, see you all in just another day or so...