Incomplete Board Election

[Guest Larry Cisar]

Yes and most likely write-ins count so you may get to 14."

[Guest JDStackpole]

Yes and keep striving (easy for me to say...)

Or...

First check the bylaws. Officers or board members (current ones) may be in office "until the election of their successors" - if no election, they STAY in (at least until they"

[Guest Perrin]

Definitely easier for you to say than do - the nominating committee has been through the membership ... twice!

As for vacancies, the constitution states "Other vacancies on the Board should be filled by Deputies or appointed by the President"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

An incomplete election does not (usually) create the kind of mid-term vacancies that can be filled by appointment so, unless your rules provide for current board members to remain in office past the end of their term "until their successors are elect"

[Guest Perrin]

Twelve - if only we had that many positions filled! We did actually proceed with the election and managed to scrape together 10 out of the 14 positions.

However, there is a vocal minority (approx 10) out of the membership of 157 that is contest"

[Guest JDStackpole]

"Now due to the "

Oops, looks like that minority got to your reply...

Without having actually been there, I can't be sure, but chances are that your election of the 10 members (now down to five - those 5 are clearly vacanci"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

And one source of those egregious errors (known as "continuing breaches") might very well be "voting that included secure voting online on our website, written, absentee ballot and in-person ballot" if such mixed methods are not author"