ACC elects new chair and vice chair in brief July meeting; transcript contains naming ambiguity

The Administrative Charging Committee held brief elections July 7 to select a new chair and a new vice chair, members said.

The nut graf: Nominations were opened for chair and vice chair; a member accepted the chair nomination and a vice chair nominee was confirmed, both by voice votes. The transcript includes inconsistent language about the announced chair name, which the committee did not clarify during the meeting.

During nominations, a member asked whether Vadim Stikoff would accept a nomination; according to the transcript a speaker replied, "I'll take it." The committee then took a voice vote. Shortly after the vote the chair said, "So, Carrie, would be the new chair," which creates an ambiguous record: the transcript records both an acceptance by Vadim Stikoff and an announcement using the name Carrie. The transcript does not identify any correction or further clarification before the meeting ended.

For vice chair, nominations included Todd and Nancy; Todd said he would decline in favor of Nancy, and Nancy agreed to serve. The committee proceeded without recording individual vote tallies, and the chair called the nominations accepted.

The July 7 meeting also approved prior meeting minutes by voice vote and adjourned after a brief recognition of Jeff Martin for his volunteer service on the ACC. The meeting record does not provide individual vote counts for the approval of minutes, the chair selection, or the vice chair selection.

The committee did not state any next procedural steps related to the elections at the end of the meeting.