| Special PEF elections fill two
vacancies, two more open Bernice Jones has been elected to fill PEF Executive Board Seat 250, representing PEF members at the state Labor Department in PEF Regions 10 and 11. Joseph Koss Jr. has been elected to fill Seat 540 representing some PEF members working at National Development and Research Inc. in New York City, and at Lockport Memorial Hospital near Buffalo. They will serve the remainder of unexpired three-year terms, which end July 31, 2003. No eligible candidate was nominated to fill Seat 90, which represents members at Higher Education Services Corp. Another vacancy has arisen on the Executive Board. Seat 260, representing members at the state Office of Mental Health at Buffalo Psychiatric Center and in certain OMH central office items, was vacated by the recent resignation of Board Member Paul Shea. Petitioning begins January 22 and ends February 12 to nominate candidates to fill these and any other vacancies which occur before the end of December. You must have been a PEF member since August 16 to run for the vacant board seats. To sign a nominating petition, you must have been a PEF member since December 28. If more than one eligible candidate is nominated for a seat, a special election will be held. Ballots will be mailed to members of that constituency on February 26, 2002, returnable to the American Arbitration Association (AAA) by March 19. You must have been a PEF member since February 12, 2002, to be eligible to vote in any of these elections if they are held. — Sherry Halbrook |