APA INFORMATION HOTLINE

This is APA Communications Chairman Captain Sam Mayer with the APA Information Hotline for Thursday, February 4.

Candidates for APA president are: MIA Captain David Bates, LAX Captain Chris Callas, DFW First Officer Matthew Field, LAX Captain Michael Kinnaman, MIA Captain Paul Francis Renneisen, STL Captain Anthony Salvatore, MIA Captain Rob Sproc, DFW Captain Tom Westbrook and DCA Captain Keith Wilson.

Candidates for APA vice president are: DFW First Officer Rob Baker, DFW Captain Peter Campbell, DFW First Officer Anthony R. Chapman, DFW First Officer Cyndi Dawson, ORD Captain Jack Johnston, MIA Captain Mike Leone and LAX Captain Randy LeRuth.

Candidates for APA secretary-treasurer are: ORD First Officer Sam Bertling, DFW Captain David “Duke” Duquemin, LGA First Officer David Fredrickson, SFO Captain William Haug, ORD First Officer Bron Madrigan, DFW Captain Mark A. McCord and DFW First Officer Scott Shankland.

All three offices are subject to a nomination round of voting. National Officer nomination round ballots will be mailed on Tuesday, February 16 and are due back to the P.O. Box by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9. The ballots will be tallied on Wednesday, March 10, and results will be announced that day.

APA DOMICILE ELECTIONS UPDATE: Ballots for the DFW vice chairman nomination round were counted today. Out of 736 total votes cast, the results are as follows: First Officer Scott Francis – 26 votes, First Officer David M. Hill – 93 votes, First Officer J.J. Jackson 49 votes, First Officer Jeffrey A. Leisten – 52 votes, Captain Charlie Lohman – 185 votes, First Officer Russell Moore – 191 votes, and First Officer Greg Shayman – 115 votes.

In accordance with the APA Constitution and Bylaws, the top three vote recipients will continue on to the primary election round.

Domicile elections are ongoing in DCA and DFW. The remaining candidates for each position are:

DCA Chairman: Captain Bert Booth, Captain Bill Gary.

DCA Vice Chairman: First Officer David E. Gangwer, First Officer Michael King.

DFW Chairman: First Officer Rob Baker, Captain A.F. “Rusty” McDaniels. DFW Vice Chairman: First Officer Charlie Lohman, First Officer Russell Moore, First Officer Greg Shayman.

The election ballots for those positions will be mailed on Thursday, February 25, and must be returned to the P.O. Box by 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 18.

That’s all we have for today. Thanks for checking this message.

BOARD MEETINGS DFW

Tuesday, Feb. 9, special APA Board of Directors meeting beginning at 9 a.m. at O’Connell Building, 14600 Trinity Blvd., Ste. 500, Fort Worth, TX 76155

tel. 800-323-1470. The meeting is scheduled to continue through mid-day on Friday, Feb. 12.

DOMICILE MEETINGS DFW

Monday, Feb. 8, meeting begins at 10 a.m., Grapevine Convention Center, 1209 S. Main Street, Grapevine, Texas, 76051, tel. 817-410-3459.

FAMILY AWARENESS LAX

Comedy night on Saturday, Feb. 13 in Orange County. Cost is $14, and includes appetizers, a glass of Champagne and a professional comedy show. Must be 21 years or older to attend. Contact Captain Woody Edge at kellynwoody@yahoo.com for details on how to order tickets.

FAMILY AWARENESS LAX

Bimonthly lunch on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month beginning at 11 a.m., Brent’s Deli, 2799 Townsgate Rd., Westlake Village, tel. 805-557-1882. All active members, spouses and other family members are welcome to attend.

FAMILY AWARENESS MIA

First Wednesday of every month, happy hour at Snapper’s Turtle Club waterfront bar from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Snapper’s is at MM 94.5 ocean side, 94.5 miles away from where Hwy. 1 ends in Key West. Any questions, please contact Ray Nemura, tel. 305-664-2807 or capnemo@bellsouth.net.

FAMILY AWARENESS MIA

Dinner at the Baja Café every third Tuesday beginning at 6:30 p.m., 1310 S. Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach, Fla., tel. 954-596-1305.

FAMILY AWARENESS DCA

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 9:15 a.m., breakfast at the Double T Diner, 12 Defense Street in Annapolis, 21401. Hosted by Greg Baur, Dan Otto and Gavin Giddings. RSVP to Greg Baur at baurg@verizon.net or call 410-721-4675

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