* Article 4.02(a)"Candidates for membership director other than incumbent membership director shall be made by filing a written petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) voting members from the district for which the person seeks to become a candidate to be filed at the main office of the association in Columbus, Ohio, at least 50 days before the election. In computing the fifty (50)-day period, the day of filing shall be counted and the day of the district meeting excluded. Nominating petitions forwarded by mail shall be by registered mail return receipt requested and shall be considered filed as of the postmark date. All others shall be considered filed at the time they are actually received at the main office of the Association."

** Article 4.02(f) " . . . the deadline for receipt of ballots . . . shall be four days prior to the Annual District Meeting."

In accordance with Article 4.02, the Certified Public Accounting Firm is determined to be Plante & Moran, PLLC, 250 South High St., Suite 100, Columbus, Ohio 43215