As USJA Corporate Counsel and Chair of the Standards and Ethics Committee, it is my pleasure to announce the results of the election for the USJA Board of Directors.
Consistent with USJA Resolution of 1-26 and the nomination process it established for candidates, (requiring 100 wet ink signatures of annual or and sustaining adult members due to be received by February 10, 2026), it is herby declared that:
1 – At the deadline there were no nomination packets that met the resolutions requirements other than existing Board members.
2 – Article VII of the USJA Bylaws states, in part, as follows:
“In the event of an “uncontested election” (defined for this purpose as an election of directors in which the number of qualified nominees for director is equal to or less than the number of directors to be elected), the Board of Directors shall declare the eligible candidates elected by acclamation. No voting of the membership will be conducted, the result will be immediately announced, and all of the qualified nominees will take office on October 15 of the election year.”
3 – Therefore, consistent with the USJA Bylaws, in my official capacity, I hereby declare that the existing Board of Directors has been has been elected by acclamation to the USJA Board of Directors, retroactively from October 15, 2025.
— Michael Goldsmith