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On the heels of the poll posted earlier this week, the dates and locations for the 2010 Augi Cad Camps have been announced. So far, 29 locations are on the schedule.

http://www.augicadcamp.com

Missing from the list are a couple of the largest markets in the United States, Miami and Houston. Also, there is a large populated area with no coverage along the Gulf Coast in an area roughly bounded by South Texas, Shreveport, Little Rock, Memphis, Birmingham, and Tallahassee. (Honolulu not shown on the map below, it is included on the full map)

View 2010 Augi Cad Camp Locations in a larger map

If you have not already, add your response to the poll in the upper left corner. Thanks.

Time once again to vote in the AUGI Board of Directors election of 2009.

Please make note of the following items.

• There are 8 positions to be filled
• There are 9 candidates on the ballot
• You may vote YES for (0) candidates, up to 8 candidates
• This election is being conducted using a "Ranked ballot" (as defined in the By-Laws), so the 8 candidates who receive the most votes will be put into office.
• Voting "NO" for a candidate has no effect whatsoever.
• Voting closes at 12:01am (CST), December 16th 2009.

Click here to vote now (Voting is over now...)

Congratulations to the two winners of the recent augi BoD election, Dario Passariello, and Mark Kiker. Dario is a new board member and Mark is returning.

The results of this election are in the table below. The only numbers that matter are the total "Yes" votes. The two candidates with the highest totals were elected.

Ok, nobody named Pedro is running, but you can still vote. The polls are finally open, so cast your vote for the two new members of the AUGI Board of Directors. Let's see if we can get more than 221 members to vote this time.

Let's get some new members on this board. Choose from Dario Passariello, Kenneth Leary, and Marv Muston, Current board member Mark Kiker is also running.

Well, 8 months after the failed elections, Augi is finally getting around to the first steps of holding a new election.

Recently, four candidates were "pre-approved" by the current BoD, and announced. These candidates are, in no particular order, Mark Kiker, Marv Muston, Dario Passariello, and Kenneth Leary. I find it strange that two of the candidates who were "pre-approved" for the November election, somehow failed the approval process for this election.

A special forum was created where members can ask questions of these candidates. Unfortunately, you can't just simply submit a question. When you submit a question, it must be "approved" by a one or more "special election forum moderators". I submitted a question to the candidates and it was totally reworded, losing its effect. Of course I was never notified or asked if I would rather withdraw the question rather than have it changed.

One final thought. Will more than 221 people vote this time around?

Edit: Don't miss Steve Johnson's thoughts on this matter.

If for some reason you do not regularly read Steve Johnson's blog nauseam, consider starting today...
 
If you didn't catch his lastest post today, check it out. It talks about AUGI World, David Kingsley’s missing column, and the "augi members only" response to it from AUGI President Mark Kiker.
 
If you are in the dark about the mess over at AUGI in the last 9 months or so, reading both of these documents should help summarize a lot of it...

If you are an AUGI member, take note. Because of the recent failed election process, a special election will take place soon to fill four open AUGI Board of Director seats and the nominations and elections committee would like your feedback.

The deadline for submitting your feedback is midnight PST, March 31.

http://www.augi.com/surveys/ballotsurvey.asp

Did you vote?

No, not for Obama or McCain... I'm talking about the AUGI elections for Board of Director seats. There is a pretty good chance that you didn't. Out of the (claimed) 170,000 members, only 221 people bothered to vote. That is only 0.13%. Each candidate only needed 148 YES votes (2/3) to be elected, however none of the candidates received enough.

Are there really only 221 people who care about the direction of this organization? If so, why did the other 169,779 people join?

What is going on at AUGI?

Elections to replace outgoing Board of Director positions were held recently and none of candidates received the necessary two-thirds affirmation votes needed to elect them into position. This left a few seats on the board vacant. According to the bylaws, vacancies (other than President and Vice-President) shall be filled by appointment by the President.

In this particular case, the President chose to extend the terms of the outgoing board members until a new election can be held. No announcement regarding this new election has been made.

Who REALLY won the AUGI Top DAUG contest held at Autodesk University 2006?

If someone told you that out of 9 contestants, only one person completed the final portion of the contest correctly, with no errors, you might think that person would be declared the winner, right?

This isn't how it works in this contest though...