Membership votes for first time on APTA Board slate

New bylaws gave voting rights to all members. Previously, only Life Members and representatives of clubs and other court owners were able to cast ballots for APTA leadership.

The Spring edition of Platform Tennis News covered the change:

“Enfranchisement may be sweeping over Eastern Europe these days, but it’s a year behind the ‘one-person, one vote’ move by the American Platform Tennis Association. At its annual meeting last May, the APTA Board of Directors approved a new set of by-laws for the organization that, for the first time gave voting rights to all members. Previously, only Life Members and representatives of clubs and other court owners were able to cast ballots for the organization’s leadership. Now it’s time to exercise your right. Your personal proxy ballot is enclosed in this issue of Platform Tennis News. Cast your vote for this year’s slate of nominees by mailing the proxy in. All members of the APTA are requested to mail in this proxy, even if you plan to attend our annual meeting.

This proxy also serves as official notice of that annual meeting of the APTA, which will be held on Friday, May 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the Montclair Golf Club on Prospect Avenue in West Orange, New Jersey.”

Source: Platform Tennis News, Spring 1990