nominating committee

[Guest Guest]

If the officers are not going to change for the upcoming year, does the board have to vote for no change? Can a current officer sit on the nominating committee?

[David A Foulkes]

If the officers are not going to change for the upcoming year, does the board have to vote for no change?

Under the rules in RONR, if there is only one nominee and the bylaws do not require a ballot vote for elections, the Chair would simply announce the sole candidate for each office elected by acclamation. (RONR 11th ed., p. 443 ll. 7-12)

Can a current officer sit on the nominating committee?

No rule in RONR prevents it, although RONR does strongly discourage the President having anything to do with the nominating committee.

[Rev Ed]

If the officers are not going to change for the upcoming year, does the board have to vote for no change?

If their terms are up at the meeting, then there needs to be an election. However, as David pointed out, if there are no other candidates and the By-laws do not require a ballot vote, the Chairman can simply declare them elected by acclamation. Otherwise, a ballot vote is required, and unless a strong write-in candidate is voted in, the person would still be re-elected (and it is unlikely - but not impossible - that an individual will be elected if he/she is not nominated to the position.)

Can a current officer sit on the nominating committee?

Nothing prevents it although RONR does argue against the President being on the Committee - although I would recommend against it for the appearance of not being bias.

[Gary Novosielski]

If the officers are not going to change for the upcoming year, does the board have to vote for no change? Can a current officer sit on the nominating committee?

Well, what makes you so sure they are not going to change?

And if your officers are elected by the membership, then the board has no role in the process. If your officers are elected by the board, then it does not vote "for no change" it votes for the people who wish to be re-elected. In fact, if your officers are elected by the membership, then the same applies to them.

But someone else could conceivably be nominated from the floor, regardless of what the nominating committee decided. In that case you'd need a vote. And if your bylaws require a ballot vote without an exception for unopposed candidates, you must have a ballot vote.

And if you do have a ballot vote, someone else could be written in.

My point is that to say "they are going to continue" is more an educated guess than it is a fact.