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14 Mar, 11 tweets, 2 min read
Good morning! It's 'pots and pans' day at #AMPA2021.

(It's a long story).

This is the ⭐️Leadership Election Thread⭐️, as that is the big event this morning.

Voting for OSSTF President in progress.
Results for President:

Muna Kadri: 173
Karen Littlewood: 397

😞
Borrowing another tweet:
Congratulations to Karen Littlewood, our next OSSTF President!
The next vote is for VP. Muna Kadri has dropped down to VP level. Getting 30% of the vote as an underdog candidate is an amazing accomplishment.

Delegates: Reminder, that we don't have to use all our votes at the VP level, and can vote just for those we believe in!
#AMPA2021 VP results:

*Note: if candidates do not get more than 50%, the lowest returning candidate is dropped, and we vote again.

⭐️Paul Caccamo: 327
⭐️Martha Hradowy: 423
Muna Kadri: 216
Niru Philip: 66
Treasurer Results:

Hayssam Hulays: 279
⭐️Jeff Denys: 287
Next Election is for Executive Officer.

There are ?some number? of positions, and ?likely? a number of drop downs, from VP and Treasurer campaigns.

^I am beginning to wear down. Proper details when the time comes.

As before, you can vote for 1 or some!
Results for Executive Officer

Hayssam Hulays: 225
Muna Kadri: 268
⭐️Malini Leahy: 299
Colin Matthew: 268
Niru Philip: 61
Parker Robinson:110
Dave Warda 211

Runoff vote to come for remaining 2 positions.
Executive Officer Runoff Results:

Hayssam Hulays: 237
Muna Kadri: 254
Colin Matthew: 268
Parker Robinson: 58
Dave Warda:188

No one elected. Will be another ballot with bottom two names removed.
Final #AMPA2021 Election Result:

⭐️Hayssam Hulays: 343
Muna Kadri: 269
⭐️Colin Matthew: 381

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Much was made this weekend of reading, learning, and personal journeys. Clearly more is needed.

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-Curated briefly, by me, with what the meeting made me think about.
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Today is the start of #AMPA2021 - the OSSTF AGM.

We will be live tweeting it. Not all the administrative stuff (promise!), but the important motions and election news!

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