Nominating committee

[Guest Lynette Maton]

If a nominating committee presents a slate of new board members to the membership, does a motion have to be made in order to vote for the slate of board members or not?

[Dan Honemann]

3 minutes ago, Guest Lynette Maton said:

If a nominating committee presents a slate of new board members to the membership, does a motion have to be made in order to vote for the slate of board members or not?

Ordinarily, no motion is necessary since the election of board members will be the pending business. 

[Richard Brown]

12 minutes ago, Guest Lynette Maton said:

If a nominating committee presents a slate of new board members to the membership, does a motion have to be made in order to vote for the slate of board members or not?

Guest Lynette, I agree with Mr. Honemann's response, but have a question:  Do you plan (or wish) to vote on the entire list of nominees at one time, with one vote, as a "slate"?   If RONR is controlling, the nominating committee presents a list of nominees, not a "slate". Prior to conducting the actual election, the floor must be opened to additional nominations from the floor.  There may or may not be additional nominees for various offices.  Once nominations are closed, you proceed with the election.

If your bylaws provide that the vote shall be by ballot, then you MUST conduct the vote by ballot even if there is only one nominee for each position.  The requirement of a ballot cannot be waived if it is required by your bylaws.  If your bylaws do not require a ballot vote, and if there is only one nominee for one or more offices, the chair simply declares those particular officers elected.

From page 443 of RONR:  "If only one person is nominated and the bylaws do not require that a ballot vote be taken, the chair, after ensuring that, in fact, no members present wish to make further nominations, simply declares that the nominee is elected, thus effecting the election by unanimous consent or "acclamation." The motion to close nominations cannot be used as a means of moving the election of the candidate in such a case."

And from pages 441-442:  "If the bylaws require the election of officers to be by ballot and there is only one nominee for an office, the ballot must nevertheless be taken for that office unless the bylaws provide for an exception in such a case. In the absence of the [page 442] latter provision, members still have the right, on the ballot, to cast "write-in votes" for other eligible persons."

[Rev Ed]

There is no vote on the report from the Nominating Committee.  But you hold an election, and only candidates who receive  a majority vote gets elected.