Guest Laura James Posted February 28, 2012 at 02:38 AM Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 at 02:38 AM A member of our association pointed out an infraction to the nominating process regarding the nominating committee. The bylaws state the committee should be made up of one officer and two association members not on the board. However, the committee was comprised of two officers and one non board member. The member had no problem with the makeup of the committee until after the election and had attended the meeting when the committee was chosen. He wants the election voided and undergo the entire process again. What is the correct way of handling this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 28, 2012 at 02:52 AM Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 at 02:52 AM Ignore it. The member should have raised a timely point of order when he had the chance. It's too late to do so now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted February 28, 2012 at 02:55 AM Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 at 02:55 AM Ignore it. The member should have raised a timely point of order when he had the chance. It's too late to do so now.Well, I agree that it's too late to invalidate the election on this basis, but the chair should rule the Point of Order not well taken, not ignore it. It is only appropriate to ignore a Point of Order if it is clearly dilatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 28, 2012 at 04:25 PM Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 at 04:25 PM Well, I agree that it's too late to invalidate the election on this basis, but the chair should rule the Point of Order not well taken, not ignore it. It is only appropriate to ignore a Point of Order if it is clearly dilatory.No mention was made of a Point of Order having been raised--only that one member wants the election voided. Unless and until he does raise a point of order, i think it's prudent to ignore him. (And if he does raise one, to rule it not well taken.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted February 28, 2012 at 04:43 PM Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 at 04:43 PM A member of our association pointed out an infraction to the nominating process regarding the nominating committee. The bylaws state the committee should be made up of one officer and two association members not on the board. However, the committee was comprised of two officers and one non board member. The member had no problem with the makeup of the committee until after the election and had attended the meeting when the committee was chosen. He wants the election voided and undergo the entire process again. What is the correct way of handling this issue?Irregularities in the nominating process just don't matter at this late date, and the complaining member has no (parliamentary) leg to stand on. Even if the organization had completely failed to set up a nominating committee as prescribed in the bylaws, and had reached the day of the election with no nominating committee at all to present nominations, in most organizations a perfectly valid and binding election could still be conducted (nominations being made from the floor, and the voters being free to cast write-in votes also).The concept behind this is that most errors in parliamentary procedure must be addressed by a timely point of order; if you don't speak up promptly, the opportunity to complain (in any meaningful way) is lost. There are a small number of errors (called continuing breaches) which are serious enough that a point of order can be raised to challenge them at a future time. However, goofs in populating the nominating committee are simply not in this category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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