Six candidates vie for fair board seats

Frontiersman.com

MAT-SU — Members of Alaska State Fair Inc. will vote to elect three members to the fair’s board of directors during its annual membership meeting at 7 p.m., Feb. 13 at Raven Hall on the fairgrounds in Palmer.

Candidates are: Carol Kenley of Palmer, incumbent; Kathleen Benoit of Wasilla; Kristy Thom Bernier of Palmer, incumbent; Danny Consenstein of Anchorage, incumbent; Jason Ortiz of Palmer; and Edward Cullinane of Anchorage.

Candidate biographies are available online at alaskastatefair.org.

Annual and lifetime members of the fair who joined the nonprofit by 4:30 p.m., Dec. 16, 2013, are eligible to vote in the board election.

New in 2014, fair members will be able to vote by mail. Ballots will be mailed to all members. But if voting by mail, members also must return their ballot by mail. Ballots delivered in person to the Alaska State Fair office cannot be accepted. Please allow adequate time for ballots to be delivered by mail no later than 5 p.m., Feb. 12. Finally, fair members are reminded to sign the return envelope; unsigned ballots will not be counted.

Or, fair members may also vote in person at the annual meeting. Please note that the ballot received in the mail cannot be used to vote the day of the annual meeting. Instead, special ballots will be issued to members wishing to vote at the meeting — if the CPA firm has not received a mailed ballot from the member.

All members who attend the annual meeting will be asked to sign in, even if they have mailed in their ballot. This will allow the fair to confirm members’ address information, and determine if the fair has achieved a quorum.

For more information, contact Jerry Baker at jerry@alaskastatefair.org, or 746-7155.