I am actually in favor of having one election Saturday. However, if we were to do that, any additional meetings or speakers might need to be canceled the rest of the afternoon, but we are there to conduct business.
----- Original Message ----- From: John and Donna Weidlich To: Missouri Chat Cc: Adaptive technology information and support. ; Missouri List Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:15 PM Subject: [ATI] elections After sitting through that interminable process of electing three directors to the MCB Board, which may still be going on for all I know, I think we really need to brainstorm some ways for speeding up that process and making it more efficient. Here is one thought. At one time, we elected one Director on Saturday afternoon and two on sunday morning. In fact it was written that way in the Bylaws and therefore had to be done that way. When the Bylaws were revised, we took that out, not because we thought it was a bad idea but because we wanted to leave that up to the discretion of the Presidents and let each President continue to do it that way if he/she wanted to or do them all on Sunday. Perhaps we could try that process again to see if it helps. the Bylaws would not have to be changed to allow that since the Bylaws don't specify when directors have to be elected. Now all three directors are elected in odd-numbered years. Should we consider electing two in odd years and one in even years? Some believe we should eliminate the directors altogether. I don't particularly favor that approach but it could be debated again. the process needs to be changed in some way. Each position requires multiple elections because of runoffs and with each election, the number of voters drops dramatically so by the end of the process, only a few voters are making the important decision of who will compose the Board, which is not a good thing. I wonder if there was even a quorum present for the final election. You can argue that people should stay but transportation often dictates when people leave as well as check-out times at hotels. And taking almost four hours for five elections seems ludicrous to me and I certainly can't blame people for not sitting through such a lengthy process. In fact, I admit that I bailed before the final director's contest and that a candidate that I would have voted for lost. The Board is looking at a new voting machine but I don't believe that it will actually speed up the process and I feel that the machine being considered could at least slightly compromise the secret ballot. Whatever we do, the process needs to be overhauled because at least in my opinion it is not working well. I don't want to open an argument here but just to get some thoughts and get people to think about what could be done to have a more fair and efficient election for our organization. John GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
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