Nominating Committee rules & guidelines

[Guest Sherry B]

What is the balance between number of general members and number of board members on a nominating committee when the total on Nom Comm is not to exceed 5 and the organization wants to ensure new members, rather than board sycophants are welcomed as nominees to board and committee positions?

[Dan Honemann]

On 11/20/2023 at 9:01 AM, Guest Sherry B said:

What is the balance between number of general members and number of board members on a nominating committee when the total on Nom Comm is not to exceed 5 and the organization wants to ensure new members, rather than board sycophants are welcomed as nominees to board and committee positions?

Assuming that the organization's membership determines who is to serve on the nominating committee, nothing in RONR prevents it from choosing all "new members" to serve on this committee (no board members at all).

[Josh Martin]

On 11/20/2023 at 8:01 AM, Guest Sherry B said:

What is the balance between number of general members and number of board members on a nominating committee when the total on Nom Comm is not to exceed 5 and the organization wants to ensure new members, rather than board sycophants are welcomed as nominees to board and committee positions?

The proper balance between the number of general members and board members will be at the discretion of the appointing authority, unless there is something in the organization's rules providing otherwise. The committee could consist of five board members and zero general members, or zero board members and five general members, or anything in between.

Edited November 20, 2023 at 05:56 PM by Josh Martin

[Gary Novosielski]

On 11/20/2023 at 9:01 AM, Guest Sherry B said:

What is the balance between number of general members and number of board members on a nominating committee when the total on Nom Comm is not to exceed 5 and the organization wants to ensure new members, rather than board sycophants are welcomed as nominees to board and committee positions?

RONR has no particular recommendation on this point, so unless your bylaws have some rule on it, the Membership may appoint whomever they like to the NomCom.

However, I will point out that RONR recommends that the President should have essentially nothing to do with the NC--should not appoint its members, should not be a member (even if made an ex-officio member of all other committees), and such.  If you have a particular problem with board sycophants, maybe you want zero board members on the committee.  

And note that, in the usual case (but check your bylaws) the NomCom is appointed by the Membership, not the board, and reports to the Membership, not the board.  It sounds like you and RONR are on the same page on this matter.