Guest onemoretime Posted November 14, 2011 at 01:56 PM Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 at 01:56 PM One of our members wishes to do "floor" nominations early by using our list serve.Is this allowable?He would basically put out a list of nominations a week before the nominations committeereports to the board. His idea is that he wants to nominate these people, so he wantsthe membership to be thinking of these people and these "nominees" to be aware that theywill be nominated.It seems off to me, but I said I would ask here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted November 14, 2011 at 01:59 PM Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 at 01:59 PM One of our members wishes to do "floor" nominations early by using our list serve.Is this allowable?Per RONR, nominations are made at meetings. But any member is free to make suggestions to the nominating committee. And the nominating committee is free to disregard them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted November 14, 2011 at 02:15 PM Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 at 02:15 PM However, "nominations by listserve" sounds a lot like an electronic updating of nominations by ballot, mail, or petition. See RONR pp. 436 ff. for special rules pertaining to these three possibilities. You may want to adapt them to the listserve context.Noms by ballot is seldom seen (at least in my experience) but it might be the coming thing with the I'net in use.What really counts is the election process. This HAS to be done in person at meetings, unless there are bylaw provisions adopted to authorize a version of "absentee voting". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Hunt Posted November 14, 2011 at 03:25 PM Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 at 03:25 PM It's also entirely in order for a member to offer to make nominations on behalf of anyone else at a meeting, and he could collect nominations to make however he feels like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest onemoretime Posted November 14, 2011 at 03:43 PM Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 at 03:43 PM follow-up question.could the member use the list serve and just say"what about these members for office?"or is that inappropriate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted November 14, 2011 at 05:27 PM Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 at 05:27 PM could the member use the list serve and just say, "what about these members for office?", or is that inappropriate?Sounds fine to me (though it's pretty noncommittal). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Hunt Posted November 14, 2011 at 05:53 PM Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 at 05:53 PM follow-up question.could the member use the list serve and just say"what about these members for office?"or is that inappropriate?RONR doesn't govern what happens outside meetings, with a few exceptions. The member is free to say whatever he wants; it has no bearing on what happens at the meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted November 15, 2011 at 04:15 AM Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 at 04:15 AM follow-up question.could the member use the list serve and just say"what about these members for office?"or is that inappropriate?There's nothing wrong with campaigning, but the nominations will have to take place in the meeting. Is there a particular reason the nominating committee is reporting to the board, instead of to the assembly of the organization? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest onemoretime Posted November 18, 2011 at 01:55 PM Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 at 01:55 PM Is there a particular reason the nominating committee is reporting to the board, instead of to the assembly of the organization? I don't know the reason, it's in the by-laws that all committees report to the board first.I revisit of the by-laws is actually on the agenda for the next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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