Viesselman elected SND president

From left: secretary-treasurer candidate Lily Lu, presidential candidate Jeff Goertzen, president-elect Kris Viesselman, and vice president-elect Steve Dorsey. Not on site: secretary-treasurer-elect Jonathon Berlin, vice presidential candidate Patty Cox. Photo by BONITA BURTON

Kris Viesselman, Director of Digital Product Development for National Geographic Maps, has won the 2010 SND presidency, it was announced by Immediate Past President Gayle Grin in Buenos Aires on September 26, reports Bonita Burton on update.snd.org.
__Grin said, in her remarks announcing the results, “All our candidates were passionate SND volunteers who have devoted a lot of time to our organization. Thank you so much for all of you for running. Let’s have new beginnings, new energy and a fresh start.”
__431 votes were cast in the election, or a turnout of 31% of SND’s 1,371 members.
__Viesselman won by a margin of 20 votes: 223 for Viesselman (52%), 203 for Goertzen (47%), 5 (1%) for write-in candidates.
__Dorsey won the vice presidency with more votes than any candidate: 279 (65%) for Dorsey, 150 (35%) for Cox, 1 write-in.
__Berlin won the secretary/treasurer position with 273 votes (64%); 147 for Lu (34%) and 8 (2%) for write-in candidates.
__All three candidates’ one-year terms begin on Jan. 1, 2010.

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