Guest Robert B. Fish Posted April 5, 2010 at 07:57 PM Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 at 07:57 PM These bylaws provisions cannot be waived since they protect the rights of individual members. (Some on this board might take me to task if you were to indicate that a majority of the entire membership has agreed to waiver of notice. Pooh.) You " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heidi Posted April 5, 2010 at 08:21 PM Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 at 08:21 PM Thanks! I was afraid that the positions would then be vacant - leaving it to the remaining board members to fill the vacanies. Since we normally do mail ballots can we just adapt it to that....annouce the deadline was missed, but that ballots are going " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robert B. Fish Posted April 5, 2010 at 08:55 PM Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 at 08:55 PM Failure to hold an election does NOT create vacancies that can be filled through the vacancy process in your bylaws. That would be an incomplete election and requires additional voting by the assembly, i.e. membership. A resignation, death, or removal a" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle Posted April 5, 2010 at 08:58 PM Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 at 08:58 PM >>Our organization has a bylaw that states that the nominations committee must provide the Secretary with the Nominations slate by 3/15 and the Secretary must then mail the ballots by 3/31.<< When do the members get to make their own " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heidi Posted April 6, 2010 at 12:16 PM Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 at 12:16 PM Nominations are solicited by the committee and the ballots that are mailed have a spot for write in candidates as well." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robert B. Fish Posted April 6, 2010 at 01:42 PM Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 at 01:42 PM That's not the same thing. I hear you saying the members are free to suggest candidates to the nominating committee and that NC is free to ignore them. The members can write-in candidates but there is no way they can propose a candidate and put " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heidi Posted April 6, 2010 at 02:40 PM Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 at 02:40 PM That's the procedure that the bylaws direct. Not sure why they set it up that way, as the bylaw was in place before I joined the organization. My guess is that it's because they usually are twisting arms to get people to run." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robert B. Fish Posted April 6, 2010 at 02:42 PM Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 at 02:42 PM OK, then. Your bylaws superscede RONR so follow your bylaws first. -Bob" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kim Goldsworthy Posted April 6, 2010 at 06:06 PM Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 at 06:06 PM Heidi, >>... a bylaw that states that the nominations committee must provide the Secretary with the Nominations slate by 3/15 and the Secretary must then mail the ballots by 3/31. Regrettably none of those deadlines were met and the bylaws don't" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heidi Posted April 6, 2010 at 07:13 PM Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 at 07:13 PM Thanks - that is good news!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John M. Posted April 8, 2010 at 12:30 AM Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 at 12:30 AM >>The fact that they missed their submission deadline is of no consequence. It creates no continuing breach.<< Well, I agree that the nominating committee missing a deadline wouldn't create a continuing breach, but I don't know if" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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