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2022 Annual Meeting Business

2022 Annual Meeting Business

The following Association business will be considered as part of the March 12, 2022 Annual Meeting:

IMPORTANT - Proxy Voting Instructions Below

NOTICE: Proxy Ballot Submissions Are NOW Closed!

Revision of the Association's By-Laws

The Empire State Passengers Association, Inc. is a Not-for-Profit NYS Membership Corporation, having filed it's original organizational documents with the State in October 1980.

Good business practice and legal requirements adopted by the State since the Association's inception dictate that the By-Laws should be updated & revised periodically.

The ESPA Officers & Regional Coordinators are recommending a series of revisions and updates to the Association’s By-Laws that will modernize the structure of the organization; transition the Association’s governing body to a more traditional Board of Directors model; provide a more formalized succession process for Officers & Directors and comply with New York State statutory requirements for non-profit business corporations.

Highlights of the significant proposed By-Law changes include:

  • Maintains the four legally required officer positions (President, Vice-President, Secretary & Treasurer) and establishes nine Directors positions (with no geographical distribution requirements) for a total of thirteen members of the Association’s governing Board of Directors.
  • Establishes policies for: Officer & Director vacancies & in-active Directors; holding meetings via electronic means and creating an Executive Committee of the Board.
  • Creates two-year terms for the Officers and Directors with elections to be held in even-numbered years and for the confirmation of any Board vacancy appointments at the next Annual Meeting.
  • Includes a Conflict-of-Interest Policy for Officers & Directors as required by state statute
  • Broadens options for providing notice of meetings, conforms quorum requirements to state law and allows for the creation of ESPA committees with both Directors and general members eligible to serve.

The text of the proposed revised By-Laws are available HERE.

Election of Leadership

Upon adoption of the revised By-Laws, the Association's leadership Board of Directors will consist of the following positions:

  • President

  • Vice-President

  • Secretary

  • Treasurer

  • Nine (9) Directors

The proposed slate of individuals to be elected to these positions for the two-year term ending in March 2024 are:

President - Gary Prophet - Westchester County Vice-President - Benjamin Turon - Saratoga County
Secretary - Christopher Nadelbach - Queens County Treasurer - Andrew Cabal - Onondaga County
Director - Jacob Adams - Monroe County Director - Richard Kulla - Dutchess County
Director - Phillip Antweiler - Tompkins County Director - Thomas Martinelli - Dutchess County
Director - Bruce Becker - Erie County Director - Kent Patterson - Westchester County
Director - DeWain Feller - Monroe County Director - Anthony Rudmann - Albany County
Director - Kevin Jones - Dutchess County

As the March 12, 2022 Annual Meeting will be a virtual, on-line webinar format, all voting on these two business matters will be conducted solely by advance proxy ballot submissions.

NOTICE: Proxy Ballot Submissions Are NOW Closed

Members of the Association in good standing may submit their proxy ballot by either:

  • Completing This On-Line Proxy Ballot

or

  • Printing, Completing & Returning This Proxy Ballot

ALL proxy ballots must be received by 5:00pm on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

Questions regarding this process should be directed to: [email protected]