Guest sammy Posted February 12, 2012 at 02:40 AM Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 at 02:40 AM we had a nominating committee that presented a slate of officers to the board and they refuse to accept one of the nominees and the slate was returned to the committee committee for a different nominee, was this legal, all our bylaws state is that the commitee presents the slate to the board, did we have the power to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Britton Posted February 12, 2012 at 02:54 AM Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 at 02:54 AM Unless there is some sort of additional unusual language in your bylaws, this is improper. Normally, the nominating committee is free to nominate any member that is qualified to be nominated. Also, there is usually another method for making additional nominations; beit, by petition or open nominations from the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted February 12, 2012 at 03:08 AM Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 at 03:08 AM we had a nominating committee that presented a slate of officers to the board and they refuse to accept one of the nominees and the slate was returned to the committee committee for a different nominee, was this legal, all our bylaws state is that the commitee presents the slate to the board, did we have the power to do this?Do your bylaws give the Board the power of approval over the nominating committee's selections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 12, 2012 at 05:57 PM Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 at 05:57 PM no our bylaws do not spell this out only say slate will be presented to board and nothing elsr, where inRoberts Rule would we find this answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted February 12, 2012 at 08:13 PM Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 at 08:13 PM we had a nominating committee that presented a slate of officers to the board and they refuse to accept one of the nominees and the slate was returned to the committee committee for a different nominee, was this legal, all our bylaws state is that the commitee presents the slate to the board, did we have the power to do this?no our bylaws do not spell this out only say slate will be presented to board and nothing elsr, where inRoberts Rule would we find this answer?This will probably come down to a matter of bylaws interpretation -- if the bylaws say the 'slate' is to be presented to the board, but gives the board no specific authority to do anything other than listen to the presentation... then what? Under the rules in RONR, nominations are presented at a meeting of the body that will conduct the election (i.e. the general membership in most cases). There is no intermediate step involving the board. Since you have introduced such a step, it is up to you to figure out what it is for.RONR provides some useful principles of bylaws interpretation (RONR 11th ed. pp. 588-591). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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