April 14, 2004 

DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES NOMINATED

FOR GUILD, CWA CONVENTIONS

            A full slate of delegates and alternates to the up-coming Newspaper Guild Sector Conference (Convention), and the Communications Workers of America Convention were nominated by New York’s Representative Assembly on Tuesday night.

            Opposing candidates may be nominated via petitions signed by at least 5% of the Local membership in good standing as of April 1.  All nominating petitions must be filed with the Local Elections Committee and with Secretary-Treasurer Bill O’Meara by 6 p.m., April 20, 2004.

            If no such contestants come forward by that time, the RA’s nominees will be declared elected.  In the event of a contest, the RA’s ticket will run as The Democratic Coalition Slate.

Guild Sector Conference

            The 25 delegates and 25 alternates nominated for the Guild Sector Conference are:

 

DELEGATES

 

ALTERNATES

 

1.         

BARRY LIPTON

(REGISTERED)

KARIN WEISBURGH

(CONSUMERS UNION)

2.         

WILLIAM O’MEARA

(REGISTERED)

BRIAN PERRY

(REUTERS)

3.         

PETER SZEKELY

(REUTERS)

DIANNA SAWYER

(AMSTERDAM NEWS)

4.         

LENA WILLIAMS

(N.Y. TIMES)

MONICA JOHNSON

(N.Y. TIMES)

5.         

KAREN ROHAN

(FOREIGN POLICY)

AGNES KOSTRO

(FOREIGN POLICY)

6.         

WILLIAM SOUTH

(CONSUMERS UNION)

EMILIO GONZALEZ

(CONSUMERS UNION)

7.         

OSCAR HERNANDEZ

(EL DIARIO)

SONIA GUERRA

(EL DIARIO)

8.         

ZAMGBA BROWNE

(AMSTERDAM NEWS)

BRENT MURRAY

(N.Y. TIMES DIGITAL)

9.         

TEMMA EHRENFELD

(NEWSWEEK)

JOE PUNDAY

(WPIX)

10.      

STELLA JOHN

(HUDSON NEWS)

BALAL AHMAD

(HUDSON NEWS)

11.      

EDWARD FANNON

(STANDARD & POOR’S)

DEBORAH ZABARENKO

(REUTERS)

12.      

JOHN SHOSTROM

(TIME INC.)

VINCENT PETERSON

(TIME INC.)

13.      

CAROL WOOD

(STANDARD & POOR’S)

HILLARY FREY

(THE NATION)

14.      

ALEX BLANCO

(TIME INC.)

RICHARD ABRUZZO

(N.Y. TIMES)

15.      

RANDYE GILLIAM

(STANDARD & POOR’S)

JIM TCHOU

(STANDARD & POOR’S)

16.

PETER JONES

(SCHOLASTIC)

JACK SILBERT

(SCHOLASTIC)

17.

RICHARD KOMPA

(N.Y. TIMES)

ANTHONY NAPOLI

(N.Y. TIMES)

18.

BRUCE LAMBERT

(N.Y. TIMES)

GLADYS BOURDAIN

(N.Y. TIMES)

19.

ARTHUR MULFORD

(N.Y. TIMES)

MYRA KREIMAN

(NEWSWEEK)

20.

JOHN PHILLIPS

(REUTERS)

ANITA PEARL

(N.Y. TIMES)

21.

MAURICE ROMAN

(N.Y. TIMES)

JIM MARSHALL

(REUTERS)

22.

PRISCILLA SUTTON

(REUTERS)

ALANNA MAHARAJH

(WQXR)

23.

DEBORAH WALLACE

(CONSUMERS UNION)

ARTHUR EPSTEIN

(STANDARD & POOR’S)

24.

HOWARD WALSH

(N.Y. TIMES)

FERNANDO ARIZA

(N.Y. TIMES)

25.

BOB TOWNSEND

(REGISTERED)

DONA FOWLER

(REGISTERED)

  CWA CONVENTION

            Eleven delegates and 11 alternates were nominated for the CWA convention.  They are: 

 

DELEGATES

 

ALTERNATES

 

1.         

BARRY LIPTON

(REGISTERED)

ANTHONY NAPOLI

(N.Y. TIMES)

2.         

WILLIAM O’MEARA

(REGISTERED)

JIM MARSHALL

(REUTERS)

3.         

PETER SZEKELY

(REUTERS)

RANDYE GILLIAM

(STANDARD & POOR’S)

4.         

LENA WILLIAMS

(N.Y. TIMES)

ALEX BLANCO

(TIME INC.)

5.         

KAREN ROHAN

(FOREIGN POLICY)

ZAMGBA BROWNE

(AMSTERDAM NEWS)

6.         

WILLIAM SOUTH

(CONSUMERS UNION)

DONA FOWLER

(REGISTERED)

7.         

RICHARD KOMPA

(N.Y. TIMES)

ARTHUR MULFORD

(N.Y. TIMES)

8.         

JOHN PHILLIPS

(REUTERS)

BALAL AHMAD

(HUDSON NEWS)

9.         

ED FANNON

(STANDARD & POOR’S)

DEBORAH WALLACE

(CONSUMERS UNION)

10.      

PETER JONES

(SCHOLASTIC)

NELSON CUELLO

(EL DIARIO)

11.      

BOB TOWNSEND

(REGISTERED)

BRENT MURRAY

(N.Y. TIMES DIGITAL)

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