Who’s up for local offices
This is the official notification of an election for offices of the Executive Committee of local 37002:
Five of the eight offices were uncontested, which means the individual nominees for those offices are elected without opposition for the 2-year terms that begin in January 2010. Those officers are:
President - Ann Wilhelmy
Commercial Vice President - Gayle Grundtner
Print Sector President - Michael Goblirsch
At Large Representative - Michael Moore
At Large Representative - Candace Lund
Three offices are contested. The offices and candidates are:
Editorial Vice President - Cheryl Burch-Schoff (Pioneer Press); Warren Wolfe (Star Tribune)
Secretary - Carol Kusnierek, incumbent (Pioneer Press); Steve Brandt (Star Tribune)
Treasurer - Kelly Blaiser, incumbent (Pioneer Press); Chris Serres (Star Tribune)
All balloting for Editorial Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer will be done by mail. Ballots will be distributed by hand from Oct. 21-Oct.28 by members of the Election Committee at the following units:
The Catholic Spirit, Pioneer Press, Star Tribune
A1l other ballots will be mailed to the homes of members. Absentee ballots will be available beginning Oct. 12 for members at The Catholic Spirit, Pioneer Press and Star Tribune who will not be available during the distribution period, Oct.2l-28. To request an absentee ballot, please send an e-mail to
newspaperguild@mnguild.org.
All ballots must be postmarked by Monday, Nov. 2. The ballots will be counted on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Election Committee:
Michael Moore (Union Advocate), Chair
Megan Boldt (Pioneer Press)
Dave Orrick (Pioneer Press)
Kathe Connair (Star Tribune)
Janet Moore (Star Tribune)