Congregation Etz Chayim

Annual Meeting Notice and Ballot

Sunday, June 8, 2014, 10 a.m. at Etz Chayim

All members of Congregation Etz Chayim are cordially invited to attend the Congregational Annual Meeting

on Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Beyt Knesset

Annual Meeting Agenda:

* Election of the Board of Directors

* State of the Congregation & Financial Report

* Rabbinic Search Update

Refreshments will be served at 10:00 prior to the start of the meeting.

Bylaws Requirement for a Quorum

The Congregation's bylaws require a quorum of at least 25% of the membership in order to conduct business at the Annual Meeting and elect new directors. Absentee ballots will be counted toward this quorum. Ballots may be cast online, by paper, or fax.

Each individual member of the Congregation and each adult in a membership family unit is a voting member entitled to one vote.

Members may vote at the Annual Meeting or in advance. Please review the materials below and cast your vote as soon as possible even if you plan to attend the meeting. There are three ways

to vote in advance - online by clicking the link below, or by paper or fax (see attached Ballot for instructions to do so). All online votes and completed ballots must be received no later than Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 9:00 am.

Ballot Candidates

The candidates for the Etz Chayim's Board of Directors for FY 2014/15 beginning on July 1, 2014 are listed on the following ballot. A brief statement for the first term candidate is attached. All other candidates will be returning for a second term, which is for 3 years unless otherwise noted. Nominations may also be made from the floor at the Annual Meeting or as ballot write-ins.

Click on this link to access the ballot and vote online for the candidates

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EtzBallot2014

BALLOT for FY 2014/15 ETZ CHAYIM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ballot Instructions -

Members may vote at the Annual Meeting or in advance. There are three ways to vote in advance and all must be received no later than Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 9:00 am.

* ONLINE: To access the ballot and vote online, click on the link

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EtzBallot2014

* PAPER COPY: Print the ballot below, complete the ballot, including your name and return it to the office in person or by mail.

* FAX: Print the ballot below, complete the ballot, including your name and fax it to the office at 650-813-9024

ONLINE VOTING via the link to Survey Monkey is the preferred and fastest method.

Names will be matched against a current membership list. Ballots received without names will not be counted. Advance ballots will be counted as absentee ballots with the ballots cast at the annual meeting. Members must be current on dues and other fees for their votes to be counted.

o You may vote for up to 6 candidates (all are for 3 year terms unless otherwise noted, this includes write-ins and floor nominations).

o Although the number of candidates does not exceed the number of openings on the Board, your vote will affirm the participatory nature of our congregation and will provide an endorsement to those who have volunteered to take leadership positions as Board members of the Etz Chayim Congregation.

Member's Name: ______________________________________ (Please Print)

New Candidates

__Bud Wittlin

Second Term Candidates

__Celia Aufdemberge (1 year)

__Laurie Balch

__Art Sklaroff

__Write-in candidate(s)__________________

__I abstain

All completed ballots must be received no later than June 8, 2014 at 9:00 am.

Profile of 2014 First Term Candidate

Bud (Byron) Wittlin is a resident of the San Carlos hills. He joined Etz with his late wife Linda in 1999. Bud has participated in several committees including the Emergency Preparedness and Men's Retreat committees, and has been our astronomer-in-residence, organizing congregational star parties at Foothill College and Foothills Park. His board membership follows the Wittlin tradition of active synagogue participation.  When not at Etz, he is a practicing psychiatrist at the Palo Alto VA and is on the UCSF faculty. He enjoys observing the stars through his telescopes both here and in the Southern California desert.