Single Slate

[Guest Rob Elsman]

"Pass/fail" voting in elections is prohibited. The only way one candidate can be defeated is for another candidate to win."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Slates are not voted on, individual candidates are voted on. Individually.

Members are free to vote for some or all or none of the selections of the nominating committee. Members are free to make nominations from the floor. Members are free to &q"

[Guest lbox]

Sorry - I was not clear.

The nominating committee presents the single slate of officers only to the new BOD. The Bylaws also say no nominations from the floor.

This is how the process works that I am working within:

The NC meets a"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>The nominating committee presents the single slate of officers only to the new BOD<<

>>The NC presents this at the annual meeting<<

Which is it?

Is the report presented to the board at a board meeting o"

[Guest John M.]

>>The Bylaws also say no nominations from the floor.<<

Unless the Bylaws also prohibit write-in votes, there's nothing preventing the members from writing in others.

>>The NC presents this at the annual meeting and the "

[Guest John M.]

>>Is the report presented to the board at a board meeting or is the report presented to the general membership at the annual meeting of the general membership?<<

It sounds like it's both. The report of the nominating committee include"

[Guest lbox]

Yes, you are correct.

The NC selects new board members and from those new board members, selects a slate of officers to be voted on at the first board meeting (which, coincidentally, immediately follows the annual meeting)."

[Guest lbox]

That is exactly my question."

[Guest Thomas Ralph]

Right. Well, that's not how it's supposed to work. The board elects its officers one at a time, rather than all at once, and nominations are in order for each office immediately prior to the election.

This is yet another example of how the use of"

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

Thomas, Remember that putting all the nominees for all the offices on one ballot (p. 425) is a legitimate option."

[Guest Thomas Ralph]

It sure is. It's just that you don't vote on them all at once."

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

How's that?"

[Guest John M.]

>>It's just that you don't vote on them all at once.<<

I'm pretty sure you do, but I understand what you're getting at. Even if all offices are included on the same ballot, each is a separate election."

[Guest Shmuel Gerber]

Well, in order to vote on all of them at once when voting by ballot, you would need as many pens as there are offices to fill. :-)"