Guest areed12 Posted February 2, 2015 at 01:31 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 at 01:31 AM Our organization uses a nominating committee to come up with a slate for the executive board. The slate was presented and then the chapter just voted on whether or not to accept the slate instead of taking any nominations from the floor and not holding an election. Is that in accordance with RONR?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted February 2, 2015 at 01:39 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 at 01:39 AM Our organization uses a nominating committee to come up with a slate for the executive board. The slate was presented and then the chapter just voted on whether or not to accept the slate instead of taking any nominations from the floor and not holding an election. Is that in accordance with RONR?? No. "After the nominating committee has presented its report and before voting for the different offices takes place, the chair must call for further nominations from the floor." (RONR 11th ed., p. 435, ll. 10-12) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted February 2, 2015 at 05:31 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 at 05:31 AM Our organization uses a nominating committee to come up with a slate for the executive board. The slate was presented and then the chapter just voted on whether or not to accept the slate instead of taking any nominations from the floor and not holding an election. Is that in accordance with RONR?? No, it does not follow RONR. By the By-laws of the organization supersedes RONR, so the By-laws of the organization could allow for this if the organization chooses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted February 2, 2015 at 11:18 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 at 11:18 AM Our organization uses a nominating committee to come up with a slate for the executive board. The slate was presented and then the chapter just voted on whether or not to accept the slate instead of taking any nominations from the floor and not holding an election. Is that in accordance with RONR?? The chair should have called for further nominations from the floor, and any member could have called this to the chair's attention at the time. The failure to do so did not invalidate the election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted February 2, 2015 at 12:14 PM Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 at 12:14 PM . . . the chapter just voted on whether or not to accept the slate instead of taking any nominations from the floor and not holding an election. Not only should nominations from the floor have been accepted, but the "slate" should not have been voted on as a whole. Individual candidates are nominated for individual offices and should be voted on individually (even if all offices are on the same ballot). Members are free to vote for some or all or none of the candidates. There is no "slate". Further, if your bylaws call for a ballot vote then you need to have a ballot vote, even if there's only one nominee for an office. This gives members the opportunity to "write-in" a vote for anyone, whether nominated or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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