Dear Members,

It is with pleasure I present to you the results of the 2013 Ballot. The specific results can be found here.

Congratulations are in order:

- To Lars Grael (BRA) and Mark Reynolds (USA) on being elected Int'l President and Secretary,
- To the new Commodores:
             Commodore Dierk Thomsen (GER)
             Vice Commodores Harry Adler (BRA) and Alessandro Pascolato (BRA)
             Rear Commodores John MacCausland (USA), Enrico Chieffi (ITA) and Peter Erzberger (SUI)
- To the new Continental Vice Presidents:
             North America, Tom Londrigan (USA) and Rick Peters (USA)
             South America, Admar Gonzaga Neto (BRA) and Alberto Zanetti (ARG)
             Europe, Hubert Merkelbach (GER) and Tom Lofstedt (SWE)

We, the members, thank each of you for taking the time and effort to volunteer to serve.

All of the Resolutions passed and all of the District Secretaries were elected. Those specific results can be found on the spreadsheet at the link in the first paragraph.

I would like to thank Bob Bradford-MES, Kris Wilson-AN, and Tom Price-CB for taking time from their busy Holiday schedules to help with the Ballot counting. We had 100 more ballots than last year which made for a long night.

Happy New Year to each of you!

Respectfully submitted,

Robert T. Flower, MES
Chairman, Balloting Committee