Humanists of Utah

2010 Business Meeting

Elections

Our annual business meeting will be held at Eliot Hall in the First Unitarian Church (569 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City) at 7:30 PM on Thursday, December 9, 2010. Dinner will be provided. We will have a short business meeting and then an open mike.

Please mark the ballot below and mail it in the included envelope. For households with more than one member, a ballot is included for each member. Please put all household ballots in the same envelope for mailing. Ballots must be postmarked no later than December 6, 2010 in order to be counted.

	¨ Robert Lane for President Bob was born and raised in Utah. . He loves both science and science fiction. He has two children, Nicole and Eric, from a previous marriage. He has spent the past 20+ years with his “sweetheart” Amy O’Connor. Bob has served on the Board since 2001 and is running for his third term as President.
	¨ Robert Mayhew for Vice President Bob has been influenced by writers whose names are; Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury, Clark, Wells, Verne, Orwell, Vonnegut, Vidal, etc. He met and married Julie. She and her mother, Alice Jensen, introduced him to Unitarian Universalism and that led, inevitably to humanism. He is seeking his third term as Vice President
	¨ Jason Cooperrider for Secretary Jason is a Ph.D. candidate in the Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience at the University of Utah, where he has been since August 2008, when he moved to Utah from Ohio for graduate school.His research involves the neurobiology of autism and the neural basis of exceptional abilities. He co-founded the student group SHIFT (Secular Humanism, Inquiry and Freethought) at the University of Utah in May 2009, and served as its vice-president from then through December 2009 and as its president from January 2010 through December 2010. He also serves as the secretary and founding board member of the Utah Freethought Society, and as a founding board member of the Utah Coalition of Reason. He has been an active member of the Humanists of Utah since August 2009 and received the top award for its Marion Craig Memorial Essay Contest in 2009.
	¨ Leona Blackbird for Treasurer Leona is a computer programmer for Meteorological Solutions, Inc. which she is also a part owner of the business. Their business is to help companies manage harmful pollution which makes the world a better place for all of us to live. She is seeking her second elected term.
	¨ Write in. You can nominate yourself or suggest someone from our membership _________________________________________________