After looking at the NC Minutes, the next question is probably "What does this mean?"

In District 8 there were 7 nominations recieved by the Nominating Committee (NC). Horrace Cain was a nominee as was the incumbent, Dr. Sandy Frank.

Of the three candidates deemed not "meeting the criteria to hold office", two were nominated by Horrace Cain, which he has confirmed in posts elsewhere. Their acceptance of their nominations were not received by the NC. The third was the nomination of Mike Moss. He was not a Leader Member when the closing of nominations took place, which is a requirement under the Standing Rules governing the NC. A motion was made and carried that Moss "did not meet the requirements of Leader Membership by the required date".

Sandy Frank, in turn had nominated one of his AVP's, Bill Lee and one of his Contest Co-ordinators, Doug Powell. Lee and Powell, who were present at the EC meeting, withdrew their nominations.

That left Cain and Frank, alone, as the remaining nominees. A motion was made and carried to place them on the ballot.

After the meeting, as addressed by the addendum, Moss was added to the ballot, filling the three allowable slots.

Jim Branaum took offense to what he considered less than an acceptable use of a loop-hole in the rules and by-laws that allowed what he calls an attempt to "stuff the nominations process" by both Horrace Cain and Sandy Frank, a prior AMA VP and an incumbent VP. He launched a write-in campaign shortly after the NC meeting.