2023 Election Announcement

The election for the Board of Directors will be Saturday January 28, 2023. Applications for Board of Director candidates will be accepted beginning September 1, 2022; applications can be downloaded here or picked up at the Ranch office. Completed applications must be received before 5:00 pm on October 28, 2022. Ballot positions will be determined by drawing at the October 29, 2022 board meeting. Voters’ lists and ballots will be created on November 28, 2022. Ballots will be mailed to property owners no later than December 9, 2022. Ballots must be received before 5:00 pm on January 27, 2023. Candidates are reminded they must be in compliance with the ByLaws Article 4.04 and a member in good standing as defined by Article 3.03.

Voters List

To ensure you can vote: Is your correct address on file at the POATRI office? If you are a new property owner, have you completed the process necessary to be included as an owner in the POATRI database? Are you current on all fees and assessments? Please check the following to ensure that you can vote in the next election:

  1. Is my correct address on file at the POATRI office?
  2. If I am a new property owner, have I completed the process necessary to be included as an owner in the POATRI database?
  3. Am I current on all my fees and assessments?
  4. Be sure to complete the ballot and mail the entire ballot back to the address listed on the ballot for receipt no later than 5:00 pm on January 27, 2023.
  5. Remember that mail delivery is not consistent during the Christmas season, so mail early to ensure receipt.
  6. Ballots can only be received at the address printed on the ballot [PO Box 1046.] Receipt at any other address will invalidate your ballot.
  7. If you have not received an official ballot from POATRI by the end of December, call or contact the Terlingua Ranch office.
  8. Help encourage everyone to VOTE.

2022-23 VOTERS LIST (CLICK HERE TO SEE IF YOU ARE ON THE LIST) and ballots will be created sixty days before the election, with ballots sent to the printer within five days of the ballots being created. The printer ensures all ballots are mailed no later than three days before the forty-five day cutoff. If ballots are returned with correct addresses, they will be re-mailed immediately up to fifteen days before the close of the election. If a ballot is returned within fifteen days of the close of the election, it will NOT be re-mailed.

Board Candidates

Board candidates and their applications were announced at the October 29, 2022 board meeting. Their names were drawn from a hat for ballet placement as follows (click on the name to access candidate application):

Please refer to the Policies and Procedures Manual, Section 1, 5. Election Process for a complete description of the election process.

Election Results

Property Owners in good standing: 2793
Total Ballots Received 515
Valid ballots 487
Part of quorum 356
Not part of quorum 131
Invalid ballots 28

Candidates:
Larry Sunderland 349
Richard Cummins 340
Adam Daley 244
Alan Byboth 236
John Sellers 229
Trent Edwards 129
Guy Hopkins 119
Larru Drgac 94

Larry Sunderland, Richard Cummins and Adam Daley were seated. The 4th position did not receive a simple majority and will be open until next years election.

The new officers for 2023 are:
Brad Anthenat – President
Larry Sunderland – Vice President
Adam Daley – Treasurer
Ed Marcato – Secretary

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