Elections for NW BOD...

[Willis]

To get the NW Chapter up and rolling, we needed a Board of Directors. We really didn't have much in the way of nominations, so it pretty much became a voluntary position. The original term was going to be 6 months, though, it was later decided to postpone the elections until after NW Fest so more of our members could meet face to face. NW Fest wasn't as big as we had hoped, and many people couldn't make it though they wanted to. So here we are, with a decision to make. We have options:

a) We hold nominations and set a date for the elections to be close to mid or end of September. This position will be for a year, and our elections will be held in September of every year. (Unless we adopt a 2 year term). Or, we can pick a different date (say August 15th, or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in July, etc) and the Sept elected BOD will serve until that date, then the elections will be held on that date forward.

b) We keep the current BOD until our 1 year anniversary date of 12/19/2003.

I think we should hold elections in September. It seems like a good time to do it. Future elections, I think, should be held in September or August, because it will be after NW Fest, where people will get to meet and know each other better.

We also need to discuss re-election just for the sake of it not having been discussed before. Should it be a one time deal? Or a 2 times max? No limit at all? Maybe a 2 times consecutive limit with no maximum number of times limit?

We are still young, and we can run this portion of the club how we wish.

Your opinions please!

Steve

 

[hards91xj]

I`ll vote for you and the rest of the BOD to stay in for atleast 1 more year .
You haven`t done bad so far. :looney:

 

[2xtreme]

Since a god portion of the people in this area have not yet been able to meet or discuss these issues I agree it might make sense to keep the current BOD and vote later. However, I also agree that August/September is a very good time of year to have elections in the future.

How does our current BOD feel about keeping their current posts until next August/September?

As far as terms go I do not have any specific issues with any of it. In general I believe that you can accomplish significantly more with a 2 year term instead of a 1 year. I do not believe in a max term, that is why we elect the BOD.

just my thoughts,
Michael

 

[Willis]

I'll send out PMs and make sure the rest of the BOD wants to stay onboard. If our BOD wishes to stay onboard, and there are no objections, we may just do that. We will then set a date for the next elections, and have them on that date every one or two years.

This is also a great time to think about adding a position or two if we wish. Right now, we have just the minimum a chapter is required to have for it's BOD, a Pres, VP, and Recorder/treasurer. We can split the Rec and Treas into two positions, and add an event coordinator into the mix, giving us 5 positions. It's best to keep the BOD in an odd number for voting purposes. Just something to think about.

Steve

 

[Glenn B]

Unless the Chapter adopted a seperate set of By-Laws, I still think that we need to hold elections.

No objections to those currently serving is great... but elections do make it official.