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Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle

The answer depends on a proper interpretation of your bylaws and that, in terms, means reading them in their entirety, something that's beyond the scope and purpose of this forum.

That said, if the board must first nominate, then the board must f"

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"What the chair should have done was ruled the motion out of order and explained his reasoning for the ruling (though that seems to be what, essentially, he did)."

Although it sounds like the motion was being considered already so the r"

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Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle

I think that if the rule had simply been that a candidate must be nominated in order to be elected, there'd be no continuing breach.

But the rule requires that one body (the board) nominates and the other body (the association) elects.

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Guest Joe Binkewicz

The premise upon which your analogy is based is flawed. The board of officer and the general membership are not coequal branches of the organization but exist in a superior to inferior relationship within the same organization. Thus, the superior body, th"

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Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle

>>the superior body, the general membership, holds absolute authority over all actions of the inferior boy<<

If the bylaws give the inferior body exclusive authority over a particular action, it's inferior status is irrelevant."

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>>If the bylaws give the inferior body exclusive authority over a particular action, it's inferior status is irrelevant.<<

Who says it's exclusive? The intent of the Bylaw provision may simply be for the board to act as a nominating c"

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