Cliff Posted July 28, 2017 at 09:10 PM Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 at 09:10 PM If a nominating committee fails to nominate a full slate of officers or if someone previously nominated to be on a slate of officers subsequently withdraws himself/herself from consideration, does the chair then open nominations from the floor? Lacking direction from the bylaws, can or should the nominated slate, being compromised by lack of sufficient candidates for the open positions, be voted on any way, leaving a position open for later consideration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. J. Posted July 28, 2017 at 09:27 PM Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 at 09:27 PM 15 minutes ago, Cliff said: If a nominating committee fails to nominate a full slate of officers or if someone previously nominated to be on a slate of officers subsequently withdraws himself/herself from consideration, does the chair then open nominations from the floor? Lacking direction from the bylaws, can or should the nominated slate, being compromised by lack of sufficient candidates for the open positions, be voted on any way, leaving a position open for later consideration? The chair should normally ask for nominations from the floor, even if there is a nominating committee (p. 435, ll.9-26). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted July 28, 2017 at 09:44 PM Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 at 09:44 PM I agree with JJ and would add that if one or two people who were nominated by the nominating committee ask to withdraw their names, the nominating committee may meet again to select new nominees if there is time to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted July 28, 2017 at 10:08 PM Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 at 10:08 PM Thank you, J.J. and Richard. That was my understanding, as well. I was looking for confirmation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted July 30, 2017 at 03:36 PM Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 at 03:36 PM On 7/28/2017 at 5:10 PM, Cliff said: If a nominating committee fails to nominate a full slate of officers or if someone previously nominated to be on a slate of officers subsequently withdraws himself/herself from consideration, does the chair then open nominations from the floor? Lacking direction from the bylaws, can or should the nominated slate, being compromised by lack of sufficient candidates for the open positions, be voted on any way, leaving a position open for later consideration? After the nominating committee's report is made at the meeting, the chair must call for nominations from the floor. To be clear, this includes all positions, not only those that the nominating committee failed to report on, but also those that they did nominate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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