The Election Committee is very pleased to announce the results of 2014 election results. We had approximately 63% participation. Of the 1,579 ballots sent out, we received a total of 1,015 valid ballots (including the electronic votes). The Election Committee, with the help of dedicated volunteers completed a careful counting of votes and the final results were presented to a combined EC-BOD meeting held yesterday.
Based on the results, the following candidates have been declared as the winning candidates in the order of number of votes received:
BOD:
Rajesh (Raju) Shah
Mahesh Wadher
EC:
Ramila Shah
Geeta Khona
Pinal Doshi
Kalpesh Jhaveri
Ketan Parekh
Mahesh Shah
Kinal Modi
The total expense of the election was $3,035. We received a contribution of $1,207 towards the expenses from the following individuals: Dr Jayesh & Ramila Shah, Ketan & Bhavana Parekh, Rajesh & Neeta Shah, Harish & Geeta Khona, Narendra & Charu Maniar, Sameer & Mona Sanghani, Salil & Vinita Dangi. If you would like to donate to offset these costs, please contact Vipul Udani at .
The Election Committee recommends to conduct Electronic Voting as the primary means in the future and to only provide an alternative method for those who are not able to vote electronically. A task force made up of Narendra Maniar and Ketan Parekh will explore the possibility with the Web Team and make recommendations well in advance of the next election.
The Election Committee would like to thank everyone who helped with the election process to make it a smooth one. Please feel free to contact any of the Election Committee members if you have any questions. Thank you and Jai Jinendra.
The Election Committee - Jain Center of Southern California