The Chicagoland MG Club consists of a membership of over 260 members; the majority residing in the Chicagoland area. The club is staffed with four elected officials and currently eight support staff positions. Staff members meet once a month. Being a club staff member is an honored position and is truly rewarding.

As we prepare for our 39th Anniversary in the year 2015, we will need strong leadership moving forward. You as an active member in good standing it is your obligation to cast your vote for the candidates running for the staff positions.

A voting ballot will be included in the December issue of Driveline. Please cast your vote for the following positions:

	Elected Staff Positions	Candidates
	President	David Novak
	Vice-President	John Kearns or Ray Hansen
	Secretary/Membership	Victor L’Heureux
	Treasurer	Phil Wydra

The ballots are pre-addressed and will be sent to the Election Teller. Please do not send your ballot inserted into the membership dues envelope as this will delay the vote being counted ( if it gets rerouted to the Election Teller in time for tallying.)
Ballots received after December 31, 2013 may not be counted.

Below are short candidate bio’s for the Vice-president position.

Vice-president Candidate—Ray Hansen Practicing Land Surveyor and member of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association for 46 years. Owner of B.H. Suhr & Company Land Surveyors in Evanston, Illinois since 1988. Past Secretary, Vice President and President of the Chicago Chapter of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association. Past Secretary, Vice President and President of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association. Currently serving as a delegate on the Board of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association. Married 45 years, one wife, one daughter and two very expensive grandsons. Active member of the Chicagoland MG Club for 11years. Proud owner (proud 70% of the time) of a 1979 MGB, red, of course. Dream car and mid-life crisis fulfillment. Rally Master of the Lake Tours three consecutive years, Lake Shore Tour 2012, Lake Shore Tour Reverse 2013, and Lakes Tour and Insignificant Rally 2014. My goal as vice president of the Chicagoland MG Club is:   - Encourage new membership - Promote participation in club activities - Offer support to the serving officers - Learn about and participate more in the technical benefits of the club - Lower your state and federal taxes - Improve schools - Have fun Ray Hansen

Vice-president Candidate—John Kearns I am very honored to once again have been nominated by my peers for the job of vice-president of your Chicagoland MG Club.  I accepted the nomination because I am interested in providing active leadership on some issues facing this Club in transition, mostly in terms of putting in ways to poll the members on what the members want the Club to do and to be going forward.  We are all vested in what some have called a dying sport.  We should be concerned how are we going to bring new blood into British motoring in order to keep the boat afloat.  Club finances are an issue. We have a strong event schedule, but I think we must be concerned with promoting more active involvement of the membership, and opening the door to new blood in Club leadership.  Club leadership needs to hear the opinions of the members on issues, especially affecting finance. So I think specific Club goals have to be defined and policies set, and strong financial objectives set and achieved.  And the door has to be opened for input, and the hard questions asked of the members. Strong leadership must be exerted to take us in possibly new directions, all with the advice and consent of the membership.  Thank you. Safety Fast! John Kearns