I • P • A 2013 Nominating Committee Report
THE CANDIDATES
I • P • A 2013 Nominating Committee Report
As the duly appointed members of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance , Inc . ( IPA ) Nominating Committee , we are pleased to present the following slate of officers to serve from July 1 , 2013 to June 30 , 2015 .
2nd Vice President ................................ Barbara Noe Recording Secretary ..................... Karen Armstrong Treasurer ............................................... Olie Garrison
Other nominations for these offices may be made by any ten ( 10 ) Members of the Alliance and with the written consent of the nominee . Any additional nominations shall be submitted by letter to every Member of the Board of Directors no later than ninety ( 90 ) days after the Semi-Annual Meeting ( Fall IPA Meeting ) for inclusion on the Ballot .
Election of Officers shall be held at the Annual Meeting of Members , shall be by ballot and a plurality of the votes cast shall elect . In the event of a single nominee on the slate for any office , a motion from the floor may be entertained to instruct the Secretary to cast one ballot , thereby electing that nominee to office . Non-attending members ’ ballots must be received by the Recording Secretary not less than five ( 5 ) days prior to the meeting or be delivered by hand to the Recording Secretary at the meeting . Ballots cast at the meeting will be counted by the two Secretaries . The Recording Secretary will file a report with the Journal Editor stating the results of the election and the report is to be published in the next edition of the Journal . All of the counted ballots will be retained by the Recording Secretary for two ( 2 ) years , and then destroyed .
The IPA Annual Meeting is on Saturday , April 13 , 2013 during the Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchid Society International Orchid Show at the Academy of Natural Science at Drexel University in Philadelphia , PA .
Respectfully submitted , Marilyn Shapiro , Chairperson Joan Bateman , Linda Thorne , Robert B . Bannister , MD and Leslie Werner
THE CANDIDATES
Barbara Noe
Barbara has served in various leadership roles in the Virginia Orchid Society , the Richmond Orchid Alliance , the Slipper Orchid Alliance and the Merritt Huntington Symposium Founders Committee . She currently serves as a Trustee of the American Orchid Society . Barbara states , “ Working with our Regional Directors to promote the IPA and Phalaenopsis in our various regions , learning more about this amazing genus by attending our annual meetings and symposiums all the while enjoying the unique collegiality of the IPA has been the highlight of my orchid life . I appreciate the opportunity to continue the work we have been doing .”
Karen Armstrong Karen is a lifelong resident of the state of Louisiana . She and her husband , Johnny , live in Ruston , Louisiana . They have two children and three grandchildren . She began her appreciation of orchids when she was given three orchid plants as a gift about 30 years ago . Now she will tell you that growing orchids is her favorite hobby . Karen enjoys growing species and hybrids of many genera . She has been a member of the American Orchid Society since the early 1990s and an accredited AOS Judge since 2009 . Karen is a member of the Shreveport Judging Center . She also belongs to the Central Louisiana Orchid Society and the Shreveport Orchid Society .
Olie Garrison Olie is a family physician in Nacogdoches , Texas . He is an accredited AOS Judge in the Shreveport Center . Olie has been growing orchids for 22 years and has special interest in Phalaenopsis . He has been the treasurer of IPA for the past four years and is currently the Region 6 representative .
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Phalaenopsis | First Quarter | Volume 23 | 2013