Augustin (Beginner) wrote:
> ===============
> 1.4.2 Article 18: Appointment
> The Board of Directors shall elect from its members a
President, a
> Treasurer and a Secretary and such other officers as it
deems
> appropriate for the proper operation of the
Association.
> ===============
>
> There can only be one President (???). What if there
are 3 or more
> candidates?
> For elections where we have a limited, set number of
seats (e.g. one
> seat for the president), Approval Voting should be
used, and it is
> not sure that it will be, depending on how the election
is organised.
>
> I think the Statutes should be amended to specifically
state the
> election method.
>
> Yes, but there can only be one president. I doubt the
current seat
> will be contested this year, but I am thinking much
further ahead.
>
> The part of the Statutes that I quoted above is unclear
about how the
> election is to proceed. The election method should be
explicitly
> stated.
> Other than this fairly minor, non-urgent point (which I
hope will be
> fixed this year), I am happy about the rest because, as
I said,
> Approval Voting is being used. Sorry about the noise.
Believe it or not, this isn't broken, it's just weird.
The General Assembly does not vote for Board positions. We
only vote for
Board members; we get a yay or a nay.
The chosen board members then figure out who will get what
position.
Generally it's fairly obvious, but we've already encountered
the very
situation (but not with President) and the board worked it
out.
So you can't 'run for president'. You can be a candidate to
be on the
board, and you have to talk about what you want to do on the
board, but
there's actually no guarantee that you'll get that
position.
Like I said, not broken. Just weird.
|
logrus.com> wrote:
> Like I said, not broken. Just weird.
Quote of the month, right there. 
--Larry Garfield