Nomination Criteria

[ConfusedandQuestioned]

Can the nominating committee add additional criteria/requirements that is not in the bylaws for a person to be nominated for office?

 

[Bruce Lages]

No - any additional requirements for holding office would have to be added by amending the bylaws. 

Edited July 12, 2023 at 11:54 PM by Bruce Lages

[puzzling]

It depends on what the role of the nominating comittee is.

If it is to find members to nominate then they are free to decide who they nominate (so even make arbitrary decisions)

If their role is to check if some members may be nominated then they can only apply those criteria yhat are mentioned in the bylaws

[Atul Kapur]

Let's be clear. The nominating committee has no authority to 

On 7/12/2023 at 7:38 PM, ConfusedandQuestioned said:

add additional criteria/requirements that is not in the bylaws for a person to be nominated for office

If the nominating committee has the task of nominating one person for each vacant position, then it can take into consideration any criteria it feels are important in determining who is the best candidate. But there must be an opportunity for  nominations from the floor, and only those requirements that are in the bylaws may be enforced to determine eligibility.

If the committee's task is to determine eligibility for office and list all those who are eligible, it cannot add criteria that are not in the bylaws to exclude those who would otherwise be eligible.