AGA Board Candidates 2007

According to the AGA By-Laws, ultimate authority resides with an elected Board of Directors, who select the President. Three of the AGA's seven directors are up for election this year.

Western Region Director (2 year term)
Central Region Director (2 year term)
Eastern Region Director (2 year term)


All AGA chapters with five or more members can vote in this election. Large chapters get an additional vote for each ten additional members. Ballots will be mailed to all eligible chapters in early July, the results will be tallied and announced at the US Go Congress in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the last week of July.

For your vote to count, make sure your club is an official AGA chapter (chapters are marked with the AGA logo) and has at least five affiliated members.

Nominations will be accepted immediately and close on the fifteenth (15th) of June 2007. Nominations must be made in writing and only by full members of the AGA. Any member affiliated with an AGA Chapter may nominate any full AGA member to be a director to represent the region in which that chapter is located. A member must specify a single chapter affiliation for AGA voting purposes even though the member may be a member of more than one chapter. Nominations need to specify the position for which the nomination is made.

To be eligible for election, by the calendar deadline for making nominations, - 15 June 2007 - each candidate must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Be at least 21 years of age.
2. Be a full member in good standing for a period of at least one year.
3. Have been resident in the USA for at least six of the last twelve months. Residence offshore as a member of a US Military service will be regarded as US residence.
4. Declare in writing a willingness to run and perform the duties of office.
5. Declare in writing that they have read the Constitution and Bylaws of the AGA.
6. For regional directors, a candidate must be a resident of the region they wish to represent.
7. For at-large directors, a candidate may reside anywhere in the United States, including the territories.

Nominations must be sent via e-mail to elections@usgo.org or by ground mail to
Arnold Eudell
9513 Baroness Ct.
Laurel, Maryland 20723

The candidates below were nominated by AGA members and approved by the AGA Nominating Committee. Click on the candidate's name to view that candidate's statement (if submitted).