COP Annual Election Ballot
| MEMBER MEETING For Election of Board Members - Tuesday, October 15 - 7:00 pm. Half of the elected board members are up for re-election to serve a 2 year term. Refreshments will be served. Bring your membership card, we will be checking them. Nominations will be accepted from the floor. Members can vote for up to 5 nominees, or none. One vote per membership, 2 votes for family memberships. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked by October 14 by 5:00. Ballot is found in the back of this newsletter. There will be a short board meeting after the election to discuss the board retreat. |
Please return this ballot to: COP Board Election, P.O. Box 14384, Columbus, Ohio 43214. Please include your name and membership number. Deadline: postmarked by 5:00 pm on October 14, 2002.
Bob Allen has a lifetime membership in COP and has been active in the organization since 1991, has participated in TOSRV since ‘90, has been a TOSRV volunteer since ‘91 and has been its Packet Stuffing Coordinator since 1997. He also has a lifetime membership in Adventure Cycling and Michigan Bicycle League and is a member of Westerville Bicycle Club. Bob has participated in over twenty week-long bicycle tours all over the US. Bob also has served on the Management Accountants for over 10 years last serving as a vice-president. Bob has agreed to serve as the organization’s treasurer. Bob is married and lives in Reynoldsburg.
Glenn Beachy has been a member of COP for over twenty years and has been involved in cycling, backpacking, hiking, cross-country skiing, ice skating and in-line skating. He has been in charge of Winter Activities and In-line Skating since 1993. Man does he feel old. He has overseen the expansion of the cross-country skiing program with the purchase of new rental equipment. He is currently filling and unexpired term as vice president and would be pleased to continue serving in that capacity if needed.
Tom Lester has been the Rock Climbing chairman for several years. He has also been an elected board member for the past 3 years, serving as vice president for one year. He is retired after 32 years as an engineer for Lucent Technologies. He is married, with two grown children and lives in the Granville area. He would like to continue to serve the needs of COP as an elected board member.
John Lunn has been on the COP board for 4 years is an active hiker and backpacker who has taken outdoor leadership and SOLO Wilderness first aid courses. He has volunteered at the Chillicothe TOSRV lunch stop, and has assisted in many hiking and backpacking trips. Prior to retiring, he worked for the state as a staff attorney practicing public benefits, health care and administrative law. He has served as the president of the Fairfield Co. Board of Health. Active in Emergency medical services work he spent 9 years as an auxiliary fireman/EMS officer with the Upper Arlington Fire Dept., and is currently a member of the Amanda Township Volunteer Fire Dept. For the past 14 years, he has taught a course on EMS law at Columbus State Community College. He chairs COP’s Insurance, Risk Management and Safety Committee.
Jennifer Thurmond will be finishing her first term on the board where she was a member of the board reorganization committee. Through the committee’s efforts and a vote of the organization, the size of the elected board will be reduced by 3 members this year and an additional 3 members next year. She has been an active volunteer with the canoeing/rafting trips and has instructed at several of COP’s canoe schools. She is also a bicyclist who enjoys the evening rides and the week long rides like GOBA. Recently, she has joined the risk management committee. She has also volunteered with the Girl Scouts for over 9 years, and believes that this foundation of working with volunteers has served her well as a member of the board. She feels strongly about the organization and looks forward to seeing it grow and evolve through he next two years if she is elected to serve another term on the board.