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Only one ballot was presented at the Laurak Bat Basque club for the upcoming FEVA elections.  The list is led by the current president, Hugo Andiazabal, elected for the first time in 2014, along with Javier Ederra, who will accompany him as secretary.  The treasurer will now be Cristina Arregui.  After voting there will be a general meeting of Basque clubs. 

Buenos Aires, Argentina.   Representatives from Basque clubs that comprise FEVA will have another opportunity to vote to choose their representation.  Nevertheless, when the deadline to make nominations closed, there was only one ballot presented for the board that will serve the 2016-2018 term that includes Hugo Andiazabal and Javier Ederra as president and secretary respectively.  Andiazabal and Ederra were elected to these offices in April of 2014.

According to FEVA’s statutes, other offices to be elected for the 2016-2018 term also include the treasurer, four directors and the corresponding auditors, these however only for a one year term.

The official ballot is the following, according to the information provided by the federation:

-President: Hugo Andiazabal, Arbola Bat, Junín (two years)
-Secretary: Javier Ederra, Unión Vasca, Bahía Blanca (two years)
-Treasurer: María Cristina Arregui, Zazpirak Bat, Rosario (two years)

-Director: María Susana Mendizabal, Gure Etxe Maitea, Olavarría (two years)
-Alternate Director: Pedro Furrer Mendizabal, Gure Etxe Maitea, Olavarría (two years)

-Director: Carlos Alberto Michelena, Lagun Onak, Pergamino (two years)
-Alternate Director: Martha Graciela Arrillaga, Lagun Onak, Pergamino (two years) 

-Director: María Ángeles Oñederra, Toki Eder, José C. Paz (two years)
-Alternate Director: Martín Colombet, Toki Eder, José C. Paz (two years) 

-Director: María Aranzazu Zubillaga, Euzko Etxea, Necochea (two years)
-Alternate Director: Diego Zubillaga, Euzko Etxea, Necochea (two years)

-Auditor: Ana Victoria Idígoras, Euskaldunak Denak Bat, Arrecifes (one year)
-Auditor: Pablo Martín Pavesa, Guillermo Larregui, Chacabuco (one year)
-Auditor: Elba Lydia Mocoroa, Gerora, Córdoba (one year)

FEVA’s General Assembly will be held on Saturday, April 23, beginning at 9:30am, at the Laurak Bat Basque club in Buenos Aires; after election concludes, Basque club representatives can talk to the authorities in hopes of exchanging impressions and ideas and inquire about topics of common interest.  The Federation would like to remind the delegates that they need to be accredited with a not from the Basque club they represent and that institutions should present irrefutable evidence of their own legal status.