The JASAL Executive Committee election has now closed and the votes have been counted. Thank you to everyone who voted. We had a great turnout of 42 members (62% of the registered membership). The electoral results are as follows:
President
Herman Bartelen 10
Daniel Sasaki 13
Katherine Thornton 19
Vice President
Yukiko Ishikawa 20
Dirk MacKenzie 22
On behalf of the membership, the outgoing Executive Committee would like to congratulate Katherine Thornton and Dirk MacKenzie on being elected to the posts of President and Vice President respectively. We would also like to thank Herman Bartelen, Daniel Sasaki, and Yukiko Ishikawa for standing in the election and making this a very strong field.