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  1. Background: 1. Our bylaws stipulate that the nominating committee meet two times to interview candidates who have announced their interest in being slated for a board position. The two days--one on each of two subsequent weeks--allow the candidates to choose the best date for their personal schedules. 2. The first round of interviews took place last week; the 2nd was to take place this coming Friday. 3. 3 members of the nominating committee find themselves now unavailable to attend the 2nd round of interviews for various reasons. Questions: 1. Do the remaining 6 members conduct the 2nd round of interviews and handle all of the deliberations scheduled for that same day? 2. If so, what about the candidates who went through the process with 9 committee members? Are their rights preserved by this method knowing that the 3 non-attendees will have zero say in the outcome now? 2. As our general membership actually votes on the slate that is presented by the nominating committee, do we simply skip the entire slating process now since the nominating committee that began the process cannot finish it, allow all candidates to appear on a ballot and have the general membership vote on the candidates for each office at our November general meeting? 3. Is there another valid way to resolve this matter?
  2. Greg, you have it correct as to what our Bylaws stipulate and what it does not. But, do you believe it would have been the right thing to do for the current president to announce to the board that she would be attending the nominating committee interviews? This has never happened before and took us all by surprise. I realize this loophole in our bylaws needs to be closed but do we have any recourse as a board to her doing this? All of us who are seeking a 2nd term were so stifled in our remarks to the committee and in our responses to their questions by her presence.......or, should we just grin and bear it and seek to amend our bylaws to ensure this doesn't happen again?
  3. Our Bylaws do not speak to permitting the current president of the board to sit in on the nominating committee meeting interviews for those who have announced their interest in being slated for office. Our Bylaws provide a full description of how the committee is to be selected, how many must be selected and that the parliamentarian is in charge of said committee and acts as chairman. This is a first! Candidates walked into the interview room and there sat the current president! The current board of directors was not told by her that she would be present or else I assure you they would have vetoed the idea. As she did not introduce herself to the candidates during the interview process, only those of us who were seeking a 2nd term knew who she was. Isn't the nominating committee sacrosanct? Can a president use her ex-officio status and invade the nominating process by her presence? And yes, those of us who were applying for the presidency could not speak openly about the changes we would like to see come about with our board and our organization due to her presence!
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