Fergusgw Posted October 26, 2017 at 04:47 PM Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 at 04:47 PM My question is we have an elected member on the nomination committee, is this authorized in Rules of Order? My problem is when we have nominations and vote by ballot, the nomination committee is the one that counts the ballots, my thinking is this would be a conflict of interest as anyone that is being voted on should not be on this committee. Your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted October 26, 2017 at 04:53 PM Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 at 04:53 PM 4 minutes ago, Fergusgw said: My question is we have an elected member on the nomination committee, is this authorized in Rules of Order? My problem is when we have nominations and vote by ballot, the nomination committee is the one that counts the ballots, my thinking is this would be a conflict of interest as anyone that is being voted on should not be on this committee. Your thoughts. As far as RONR is concerned, a member of the nominating committee may be nominated for office. At the same time, as far as RONR is concerned, the nominating committee does not count the ballots, so you would seem to have some customized rules on this procedure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted October 26, 2017 at 04:53 PM Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 at 04:53 PM 4 minutes ago, Fergusgw said: My question is we have an elected member on the nomination committee, is this authorized in Rules of Order? My problem is when we have nominations and vote by ballot, the nomination committee is the one that counts the ballots, my thinking is this would be a conflict of interest as anyone that is being voted on should not be on this committee. Your thoughts. "Members of the nominating committee are not barred from becoming nominees for office themselves. To make such a requirement would mean, first, that service on the nominating committee carried a penalty by depriving its members of one of their privileges; and second, that appointment or election to the nominating committee could be used to prevent a member from becoming a nominee. " RONR (11th ed.), p. 433 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintCad Posted October 26, 2017 at 05:01 PM Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 at 05:01 PM 12 minutes ago, Fergusgw said: , my thinking is this would be a conflict of interest as anyone that is being voted on should not be on this committee. Does you committee double-check the count or have two people count simultaneously? If so then what's the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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