2009-10
NOMINATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL OFFICES
OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF MAGICIANS

In accordance with the IBM Constitution (Article.VI), the Board of Trustees has nominated candidates for the election in 2009, for the international offices, whose terms begin in July. These nominees for Board of Trustees and nominees for Territory Vice Presidents (TVPs).are listed below.  The terms of office are two years for TVPs and one year for International officers except for Members of the Executive Committee the term is three years.

Additional candidates for offices whether for the I. B. M Board of Trustees or Territory Vice Presidents may be nominated by the membership through properly executed official petitions obtained from, addressed to and received by the Ballot and Election Committee at I.B.M. Headquarters:

The International Brotherhood of Magician
11155 South Towne Square, Suite C
St. Louis, MO 63123-7823

Petitions must be received no later than February 1, 2009.

Please note, persons signing petitions must have on the petition their legibly printed names, full address and their IBM number. Absence of any of these items will make their signature on the petition invalid. Further, only members in good standing in the Active, Associate and Honorary categories are eligible to hold an I.B.M. office and vote in elections

PETITIONING FOR OFFICE ON THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The official petitions, with valid signatures of 1% of the I.B.M. membership as of November 1 2008, must be received by the deadline of February 1 to enter into an election with the Board of Trustees nominees. The Board of Trustees nominees and their term of office are listed below:

International President Elect (1 yr.)........ Mr. Rolando Santos
International Vice-President (1 yr.)......... Mr. Mel Kientz
International Secretary (1 yr.) ............... Mr. Don Wiberg
International Treasurer (1 yr.)............... Mr. Roger Miller
Executive Committee (3 yrs.) ................ Mr. John DeStefano
Executive Committee (3 yrs.) ................ Mr. Joe Turner

PETITIONING FOR OFFICE OF TERRTORY VICE PRESIDENT

For Territorial Vice Presidents, (within the territories made up of states, provinces countries or other political divisions that the Board of Trustees has developed) the persons seeking to enter the election for TVP  must have a minimum of twenty (20) signatures from qualified members living within the individual's territory. The due date for the petitions, to the I.B.M. office is February 1, 2009,

In the information that follows, the Board of Trustees nominated TVP candidates are listed adjacent to their applicable territory and also noted are territories where the position is open.

 TVP Territories and Nominees

Argentina
Carlos Mauro

Australia
NSW/Queensland - Kent Blackmore
Victoria/South - Graham Etherington

Austria
Robert Busina

Bangladesh
Safir Sikder Md

Belgium
Brussels/Wallona - Theophile Vandebroeck
Flanders - Marc Janssen

Canada
Alberta/Saskatchewan - Bernard Bedard
Atlantic - Greg Gidney
British Columbia - David Wilson
Manitoba - J. Carey Lauder
Ontario - Joan Caesar
Quebec - Nemo Turner

China/Macau
Antonio Almeida

France
Fernand Ridel

Germany
Michael Holderried

Hong Kong
Albert Tam

Hungary
Gabor Szabo

India
Northern - Salil Kumar Kundu
Southern - Basava Dayanand

Indonesia
Andre Ludya Liap

Ireland
John Bowden

Israel
Eytan Ayalon

Italy
Antonio Binarelli

Japan
Yuji Yamamoto

Korea - South
Gregory Bracco

Malta
Vanni Pule

Netherlands
Hendrik Oud

New Zealand
North Island - Tony Wilson
South Island - Gregory Britt

Norway
Trond Lien

Philippines
Ferdinand Flores

Republic of Singapore
John Teo

South Africa
Darryn Le Grange

Sweden
Bertil Fredstrom

Switzerland
Andre Ciocca

Thailand
This position is open

Turkey
Ozlen Tuncer

United Kingdom
John Pye

United States of America
Alabama - Bruce Walstad
Arizona - Nick Orlando
Arkansas - Larry Bean
California (Central) - Belinda Kill-Kaesler
California (South) - Richard Myer
California (North) - Jeffrey Marcus
Colorado - Lindsay Smith
Connecticut - Gale Alexander
District of Columbia - Jim Flanigan
Florida (North) - Bob Schvey
Florida (South) - Jeff Silver
Georgia - Joe Milton
Hawaii - Bryan Yoshimoto
Idaho - Cecelia Rupp
Illinois - Jeff Harpring
Indiana - Ron London
Iowa - Robert Beardsley
Kansas - Melton Francis
Kentucky - Mike Woodward
Louisiana - Kevin Carney
Maine - Allen Drew
Maryland - Karen James
Massachusetts - John Flood
Michigan - Randy Vander Wal
Minnesota - Will Earley
Mississippi - Steve Thomas
Missouri - Doug Clark
Montana - Andrew Norstrum
Nebraska - Robert Kentner
Nevada - Christian Doleshall
New Hampshire - Joseph Michaud
New Jersey - Carl Bajor
New Mexico - Don Marchi
New York (City and Long Island) - Bill White
New York - Matt Episcopo
North Carolina - Tom Beaman
Ohio (South) - Ron Franks
Ohio (North) - Jim Klyder
Oklahoma - This position is open
Oregon - This position is open
Pennsylvania (North Eastern) - S. Patrick Toman
Pennsylvania (South Western) - Mark Zajicek
Rhode Island - Edward Hill
South Carolina - Tony Metze
Tennessee - Tom Gibson
Texas (North) - Bruce Chadwick
Texas (South) - Scott Wells
Utah - Ron Seward
Vermont - David Bort
Virginia - Mark Fuller
Washington - Brian Cook
West Virginia - Chester Gault
Wisconsin - Richard Mehring
Wyoming - Lindsay Smith

    If you have any questions about the TVP position above, contact:

 Matt Episcopo
TVP Committee Chairman  
P.O. Box 542, 5660 Rocks Rd.
Morrisville, NY 13408