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From The AMHS Nominatin Committee — An Update

The Nominating Committee repor ted in the September-November Notiziario that the Societ y would hold elections for the positions of President, 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretar y, and three members of the Board at a general membership meeting on November 28. As we are now looking to hold an in-person meeting on December 5, we are conducting this year’s election by mailed ballot, as was done last year for the election of three board members. The ballot will ask you to select from a slate of candidates as well as offer you the oppor tunit y to submit a write-in candidate(s). Note that a ballot sent to a couple shall be counted as t wo (2) votes. Ballots may be returned in the stamped & addressed envelope enclosed with the ballot no later than November 30, 2021. We strongly encourage you to vote!

The current members of the E xecutive Committee, namely Ray LaVerghet ta (President), Nanc y DeSanti (1st Vice President, Programs), Lynn Sorbara (2nd Vice President, Membership), Carmine James Spellane (Secretar y), and Peter Bell ( Treasurer) have agreed to ser ve one more 2-year term in their respective positions. There are t wo candidates for the A MHS Board of Directors: Americo (Rico) Allegrino and Julia Paola. A MHS is in search of a 3rd candidate to ser ve on the Board. If you are interested and can volunteer your time, please contact Maria D’Andrea-Yothers, uva051985@comcast.net to learn more about the Board’s function, and Board members’ responsibilities as outlined in the A MHS By-Laws.

The elected officers and board members shall assume office on Januar y 1, 2022. Their terms of office are t wo years and three years, respectively. (Submitted by the AMHS Nominating Committee: Rico Allegrino, Maria D’Andrea-Yothers, and Lynn Sorbara).