Nominating Committee

[Guest CJBUR]

Can a Board of Directors change a person that the Nominating Committee voted on to be in a position?

[Josh Martin]

13 minutes ago, Guest CJBUR said:

Can a Board of Directors change a person that the Nominating Committee voted on to be in a position?

Most likely not. In the general case, the nominating committee reports directly to the membership.

[Kim Goldsworthy]

6 hours ago, Guest CJBUR said:

Can a Board of Directors change a person that the Nominating Committee voted on to be in a position?

What do you mean?

(a.) to ADD a new person to the list of nominees?

(b.) to SUBTRACT a person whom the Nom. Comm. nominated?

There is nothing in Robert's Rules of Order which allows a board to falsify a committee report.

[Gary Novosielski]

On 6/28/2017 at 6:32 PM, Guest CJBUR said:

Can a Board of Directors change a person that the Nominating Committee voted on to be in a position?

Strictly speaking, the Nominating Committee does not vote for a person to be in a position; it votes on a person to be nominated, which often equates to be on the ballot.  Since the committee does not typically report to the board (but rather to the general membership), the board has no authority (or opportunity) to change the report of the NomCom.

However, after the report is made to the membership (typically at the annual meeting), the chair must call for additional nominations from the floor, which any member present (even those who are also board members) may offer.  

But note that these are additional nominations, and do not remove or replace anyone already nominated.