AAW board election voting opens August 1 for members
AAW members will vote August 1-31, with candidate statements and electronic voting instructions in the August American Woodturner. The ballot will decide who steers AAW’s education and events.
Voting in the American Association of Woodturners Board of Directors election will open August 1 and run through August 31. Candidate statements and electronic voting instructions will appear in the August issue of American Woodturner, and the AAW homepage will point members to the candidate information and the voting link when the ballot window opens.
The notice sits on AAW’s member homepage, which doubles as a service hub for turners who already use the site for profile access, membership cards, renewal options, woodturning news, and AAW updates. That makes the election harder to miss if you are already logged in and checking your account, but the key step is still the same: read the August issue, review the candidates, and vote before the month ends.
AAW says members elect a 9-member Board of Directors, and the board members serve as volunteers. The association’s nominations page says any member in good standing for the past three years is eligible to run, regardless of geographical location. AAW’s candidate primer, signed by Board President Mike Summerer in March 2023, says candidates are asked to prepare an approximately 300-word statement and that campaigning is not permitted.
That matters because the board helps steer the parts of AAW members use most: education, information, the magazine, digital resources, and the events that shape the wider woodturning community. AAW describes itself as a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education, information and organization to people interested in turning wood, and its public materials place the association in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with more than 13,000 members and over 365 local chapters globally in one profile, while another profile puts total membership at approximately 14,000 at the end of 2024.
AAW’s election pages and archived board-candidate materials show this is part of a recurring annual process, not a one-off announcement. The practical move is simple: watch for the August issue, check the candidate statements and electronic voting instructions, then cast a ballot during the August 1 through August 31 window before the chance to vote closes.
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