Eskimodogs

However, there is not time to reconvene the committee since we are facing a timeline of having to have the ballot to the independent accounting firm in order to have ballots mailed to the membership by Jan. 15, 2018. So, if we do remove the name of the candidate who informed the BOD in writing that they wish to withdraw their name from the election do we simply go with the 4 candidates who were nominated in accordance with the bylaws (3 by the nominating committee and 1 by petition of 5 members in good standing as state in our bylaws)? Since there are 4 available director seats this would mean the election is not required to go to the membership for a vote, but those 4 candidates are automatically seated.

Thank you jstackpo. Our bylaws do not allow for write in candidates. We do have a process for nominations from the membership prior to Jan. 1 which was exercised correctly under our bylaws by 1 member prior to the Jan. 1 deadline dictated in our bylaws. Prior to Jan. 1 any member could follow the procedures outlined in our bylaws to place their name on the ballot without having been nominated by the nominating committee. Only 1 member opted to do so. Hence prior to the request by one of the nominating committee nominate candidates we had 5 candidates running for 4 director seats.