Pursuant to Article IV, Section 7-Filing as Candidate of Office of the Constitution, the following list contains certified candidates for open board positions. Members who wish to sign-up for any of these open positions may do so at the Union Administration office, Third floor during the days and times in the timeline listed below. NOTE: Election Bios need to be in by the General Membership meeting in October and they need to be in a Word Document and emailed to elections@hpou.org.  Pictures need to be in jpeg or .jpg format as .gif or .tif formats will not work.

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 7-Filing as Candidate of Office of the Constitution, the following list contains certified candidates for open board positions. Members who wish to sign-up for any of these open positions may do so at the Union Administration office, Third floor during the days and times in the timeline listed below. NOTE: Election Bios need to be in by the General Membership meeting in October and they need to be in a Word Document and emailed to elections@hpou.org.  Pictures need to be in jpeg or .jpg format as .gif or .tif formats will not work.

President                                                                                Secretary

Gary Blankinship- Incumbent                                                 Joseph Castaneda- Incumbent

Director #1                                                                             Director #3

Matt Calley- Incumbent                                                          F. Joe Pyland- Incumbent

Director #5                                                                             Director #7

Martha Bailey- Incumbent                                                      George Shaw- Incumbent

Director #9                                                                             Director #11

Brad Piel- Incumbent                                                              Doug Griffith- Incumbent

Director #13                                                                           Director #15

John Miller- Incumbent                                                           Rich Nieto- Incumbent

Director #17                                                                           Director #19

Bill Booth- Incumbent                                                            John Yencha- Incumbent

2009 HPOU Election Time Line

August 25, 2009                                                         Election Announcement Posted

September 1, 2009                 8 a.m.                          Candidate Sign-Up Begins

September 24, 2009               5 p.m.                          Candidate Sign-Up Ends

October 1, 2009         HPOU General Membership Mtg.       Floor Nominations

October 2, 2009                                                         Sample Ballot Posted

October 5, 2009                     12 p.m. CST               Electronic Voting Begins

October 26, 2009                   12 p.m. CST               Electronic Voting Ends                     *Tentative Election Results will be posted within 24 hours from the close of election.*

Final Election Results will be certified and posted within 72 hours from the close of election.

Go to HPOU.ORG to Log-In and VOTE

Joseph Castaneda                                                                                Leslie Wills

Secretary                                                                                             Election Chairman

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