Jim Hickey

Thank You all for your responses. They were very helpful. I think the key takeaways for me are that the BOG does not have the right to overturn an election. Only the General Body can recognize that the election was flawed and should be voided for these specific positions. I believe they may still do this at the upcoming General Body meeting. So I would think there may be some members who wish to pursue this issue by submitting a Point of Order. But I believe their Point of Order can only be to void the election. If the majority votes to not void the election, the election stands? To complicate things, the Nominating Committee also failed to adhere to the Constitution. There is a provision in our Constitution which provides the Nominating Committee the ability to waive the 6 meeting requirement. Because the General Body was not notified as required, the opportunity to "waive the Requirement" was lost. This would have prevented the situation from ever occurring. Thank you again for you input. I hope to someday become knowledgeable enough to be able to provide opinions of my own. Jim

Hi George, There was no Point of Order made on the night of the election. Thank you for providing info. It is very helpful to me.

Hello, Our club recently held its annual elections. Because there were 2 positions with no candidates, requests were taken from the floor. Several members volunteered but did not meet the requirements of being at 6 meeting. The Board included these members in the candidate pool, even though they did not meet all requirements and continued with the vote. In both instances, members who did not meet the 6 meeting minimum were elected by an overwhelming majority. All elections were completed, recorded as final on the night of the meeting. The following week, one Board member (who was present on election night) stated that these elected members should be removed and replaced with other members who did meet all requirements, even though they received a very small amount of the vote. Yes, there is a bit of political infighting going on!! The majority of the Officers have agreed that, even though there were errors made in allowing candidates to run, the election was completed with overwhelming result. The question is, does a minority group of Officers have the right to refuse the candidate (who won with a large majority vote) and assign a candidate who received significantly lower votes the office. Hoping for guidance, Jim