AMO Currents - Ballots to be counted July 16 for referendum on proposed development of AMO headquarters

AMO Currents - Posted: July 7, 2009

Ballots to be counted July 16 for referendum on proposed development of AMO headquarters

Ballots for the 90-day referendum on the proposed development of American Maritime Officers headquarters—including the sale of 6.5 acres of land and buildings owned outright by AMO to the AMO Safety and Education Plan and the construction of a new headquarters building on a site owned outright by AMO—will be counted Thursday, July 16 in Dania Beach, Fla.

All AMO book members in good standing are welcome to attend the ballot count, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in the second-floor banquet room at STAR Center. Independent firm True Ballot Inc. is administering the referendum and will conduct the tally with the AMO rank-and-file tallying committee.

A special AMO membership meeting will be convened Monday, July 13 at 10 a.m. at AMO headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla., during which nominations will be accepted for AMO members to serve on the tallying committee for the ballot count. Three committee members and one alternate from the port of Dania Beach will be needed.

During the regular AMO monthly membership meeting in Toledo Wednesday, July 8, nominations will be accepted for AMO members to serve on the tallying committee. Two committee members and one alternate from the port of Toledo will be needed.