Guest S. Curtis Patterson Posted October 4, 2012 at 09:59 PM Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 at 09:59 PM Our organization uses a Nominating Committee. The Committee (per by-laws) presents a slate of ONLY the number of persons to be elected (to membership on its Board). Our Constitution permits (and guarantees the right) to nominations from the floor by members. Is it permissible for a member to nominate "'Mr. X' to REPLACE 'Mrs. A' on the slate as presented"? OR can the member only nominate "'Mr. X' to be ADDED TO the slate as presented"? In other words, can a nomination from the floor include removing a name from the slate, as well as placing an additional name on the slate? There are 8 seats on the Board to be filled. The Nominating Committee will present a slate of 8 nominees. Can a nomination from the floor include the words "to REPLACE (a name) on the slate?Thank you. I look forward to response, hopefully with paragraph references in Roberts.Respectfully,S. Curtis Pattersoncurpatt1936@earthlink.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted October 4, 2012 at 10:07 PM Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 at 10:07 PM No, that's not proper. A nomination is a proposal to fill a blank, not to wipe out someone else's proposal. I'm sure one of my colleagues with the book handy will come back with page references. Also, there is no such thing as voting for a "slate" under RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted October 4, 2012 at 10:26 PM Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 at 10:26 PM What you have is a committee submitting a report containing a list of the people they want to nominate and members can make further nominations from the floor (RONR pp. 433-436). You all are making the nomination and election process unnecessarily complicated by viewing the nominating committee's list as a "slate." A slate is usually an all-or-nothing proposition like your Mom telling you that you must eat everything on your plate or go to bed without dinner as opposed to the committee's list and floor nominations being like a buffet where you can choose up to x number of food items. A slate locks you in where a list grants you relative freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted October 4, 2012 at 10:31 PM Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 at 10:31 PM Nominations from the floor are discussed on pp.431-433. And I would repeat Mr. R.'s implied advice to not think in terms of a "slate". Individual candidates are nominated for, and elected to, individual offices. What the nominating committee presents is a report, not a "slate". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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