Michael Foster vested his rights from Briggs & Stratton, hence resigning his position as Local 7-232’s Trustee-at-Large. Nominations were taken at the October membership meeting where 6 candidates were nominated. Since this was the Trustee-at-Large position, members from both Strattec and Briggs & Stratton were eligible to run. 
    The nominees were Dorothy Evans and Chuck Porter from Strattec and Vicky Black, Linda Stein, Ron Stewart and Candy Schultz from Briggs & Stratton. 
    The Primary Election was held on October 27, 2000. The results of the Primary were as follows: 
            Vicky Black - 227
            Candy Schultz – 220
            Ron Stewart – 204
            Dorothy Evans – 99
            Linda Stein – 59
            Chuck Porter – 56
    No candidate received more than 50% of the vote. Therefore, the top two candidates, Vicky Black and Candy Schultz, had a run-off election on November 10, 2000.
    The result of that election was Vicky Black – 733 votes and Candy Schultz – 351 votes. Thus, Vicky Black was elected and will serve out the rest of the term, which ends in March of 2001.