News

Colleagues,

We want to thank the NCAE Canvassing Committee for the meticulous and

precise work that was conducted this weekend. The Committee opened the sealed

packages that contained the tally sheets that were submitted by the leaders of

the NCAE local associations. The voting by individual members took place

earlier and the results were mailed to the NCAE Center by certified mail on or

before April 10.

Chairperson Leona Brewer of Union County reports the canvassing process went

smoothly and that the members of the committee finished their work much

earlier than expected.

Based on the canvassing process, which calls for triple checking of the

tabulations, the following results are being reported by the Canvassing Committee:

Running unopposed, Sheri Strickland of Pitt County has been elected to serve

as the next NCAE President. Strickland will assume the top association

office on July 1, 2008 and will serve a two- year term.

Rodney Ellis of Forsyth County has been elected as the 2008-2010 NCAE Vice

President. In a very close statewide election, Ellis edged Dawn Shephard Pope

of Wake County for the position. Ellis will begin his service on July 1,

2008.

Susan Martin of Alamance/Burlington was elected to serve a second three-year

term as NEA Director. Martin was unopposed and will begin her new NEA term

on September 1, 2008. She will continue to serve as the Senior NEA Director

for North Carolina. Serving with Susan at the NEA level will be Melissa

Bartlett, Dawn Shephard Pope, Agnes Chavis, and John Lucas.

In the two contested races for seats on the NCAE Board of Directors, Kim

Hargett of Union County defeated Wayne Webb of Richmond County for the District

5-A position and Barbara Davis of Vance County defeated Julius Webb of

Halifax County for the District 7-A position. Kim Hargett and Barbara Davis will

serve three-year terms, which will begin on July 1, 2008.

The following members were elected to three-year NCAE Board seats without

opposition:

Sandra Hatley of Burke County - District 1-B

Annette Mason of Mecklenburg County - District 3-B

Debbie Wilson of Rockingham County - District 4-A

Hatley, Mason, and Wilson will begin their three-year terms on July 1, 2008.

The following members were elected to represent their Districts/Clusters at

the NEA Representative Assembly in Washington, DC in July:

District 1-A Austin, McCulloch, Woods

District 1-B Hatley, Washburn, Lowery

Cluster 2 Ellis, McKinney, Waddell, Wallace, Griffin, McCracken

District 3-A Sisson, Hull

District 3-B Foster, Bridgers, McKenzie

District 4-A Simmons, Wilson, Wright

District 4-B Jewell, Hayes, Limbo

District 5-A Webb, Moretz, Whitt-Harrington

District 5-B Freeman, Randall, Locklear

Cluster 6 Suggs, Bridges, Lanane, Barringer, Hoyt, H.Davis

District 7-A Williams, Bishop-Russell

District 7-B Strickland, Weatherington, Edwards

District 8-A Knox, Lewis

District 8-B Hicks, Green

Eddie Davis

NCAE President

 

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Scholar's Day

Scholar's Day was a huge success.  Thank you to all of those who helped reward the 185 scholars in our county.  The Deep River Rivertones performed under the direction of Kim Brown and wowed the audience. Eddie Davis, NCAE President, was the guest speaker and challenged the students to reach out to others by sharing smiles and writing thank you notes.  Congratulations to the scholars!!! We are very proud of your many accomplishments.