Election 2025

Albany Telugu Association(ATA) Election for the year 2025

Dear Albany Telugu Association Members,

The Election Committee has invited nominations for all the open positions in Board and any Amendments to the Bylaws.

The following candidates have been unanimously elected for the positions mentioned below.

Board Results for the year 2025

PRESIDENT :
                    Suresh Srirangam

Board of Directors (BODs) :
              Pradeep kumar Mucheli
              Kishan R Jammula
              Harish kumar Ravula
              Suresh Regonda
              Ashwini Kalagotla

Board of Advisors (BOAs) :
              Chittari Pabba
                Viplav Puli
                Lakshmi Manjuna Batchu
Vishal Manda
Shusma Kudervalli
                Aravindar Reddy Gutta

Amendments:
                  None

The election process has been completed.

Congratulations to all the elected Board members.

With the declaration of election results, the ATA Election Committee has been dissolved.

Regards,
ATA Election Committee 2024
Naga Kalapala
Kalyan Kompally
Sateesh Bhashyam

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Dear Albany Telugu Association Members,

Ref: Albany Telugu Association(ATA) Election Notification for the term starting Jan 1st, 2025.

The newly formed Election Committee is charged with the task of soliciting nominations & conducting elections for ATA and also soliciting amendments to [http://www.albanytelugu.org/images/by-laws_continue.pdf] for the term starting Jan 1st, 2025. Please see the notification document below which describes the open positions and other details, Nomination form is also attached along with summary and election committee contacts below. 

  – All positions are open as the term for elected office bearers is one year. There are 6 BODs, 5 BOAs, and one President.

  – Only self nominations are allowed. If you are interested, send in your name. If you want somebody else to run, convince them to send in their name.

  – Filled and signed nomination forms should be sent to ataelectioncommittee@gmail.com

  – If you believe that ATA by-laws can be improved, please propose an amendment. In your proposal, describe what issue the proposed amendment resolves and how it does so. Please send amendments to ataelectioncommittee@gmail.com along /w description and comments, so we can post it to the online spreadsheet.

  – Family membership entitles two votes – one for the member and the other for the member’s spouse. However, the electronic (online) voting process employed by ATA Election Committee requires an unique email id for each voter. 

  – You can find links to ATA by-laws, amendments, 2024 Voters List, Nominations form, Elections details on :    

Important Dates:

Election notification date: 10/12/2024

Nomination and Amendments filing start date: 10/12/2024

Nomination and Amendments due date: 10/26/2024

Nomination and Amendments withdrawal due date: 11/02/2024

Slate of candidates and Amendments: 11/03/2024

Election Date: 11/16/2024 (Backup date: 12/08/2024)

Election Notification: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vqEVkl25XHWiZzdp2h2YRJ7gQ-t67j2Y/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=101933312801303702784&rtpof=true&sd=true

Nomination Form: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/134xE-rqDq4TpsIN6vgbIu8nWW8K0Zm6O/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=101933312801303702784&rtpof=true&sd=true

List of nominations and proposed amendments as of now: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PVvA2AINHHD12G7By1-7wF9R6aV8VgVm/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=101933312801303702784&rtpof=true&sd=true

List of Eligible Voters: 

Life Members: https://albanytelugu.org/membership/life-members/ 

Annual Members:  https://albanytelugu.org/membership/annual-members-2023/annual-members-2024/

Enclosures:

1) ATA Election Notification for term 2025

2) ATA Election Nomination Form for term 2025

Please send us an email to ‘ataelectioncommittee@gmail.com’ if you have any questions or concerns.  

Sincerely,

Election Committee 

Naga Kalapala   

Kalyan Kompally

Sateesh Bhashyam