Hmmm... If there's 5 empty slots now, and 5 candidates, considering Derek's suggestion (which I would say is a good one) then, why go thru with the election process anyways? (unless the membership can [a] vote for a candidate NOT to be [re-]elected, or [b] would be otherwise harmed in not getting to vote, which I cannot see the logic of...)
Of course, if someone does throw their hat in the ring (when is/[was] the cutoff for that?) then there would be more candidates than seats at that point, and of course an election would then have to be held. Or is there a write-in candidate process during election that I'm not aware of? Just genuinely curious as to why if there's candidates =< board seats, why an election would have to be held... - Will > On May 6, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Derek Balling <[email protected]> wrote: > > With the recent departure of Mike Julian from the board, is there a plan to > have the fifth-place candidate serve out the remainder of Mike's term? > > I understand that the By-Laws say that the Board shall appoint the > replacement director, but it seems to me that since we have five > volunteer-victims, and five open slots, that it shouldn't be hard for the > board to commit to respecting the vote and "appointing" whomever comes in > fifth place to serve the shortened term. > > (On that note, can I ask that the Board, when removing a director via > resignation, maintain the "vacant director slot" on the BoD page, so that it > is easy to see what year that Directorship serves until, etc.?) > > D > > >> On Apr 18, 2014, at 6:35 PM, unix_fan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As the Leadership Committee (LC) Chair, it is my pleasure to announce the >> slate for the 2014 LOPSA Board elections. The polls will open on June 1, and >> use the same proven infrastructure (graciously provided by Matt >> Okeson-Harlow) and auditor (Andrew Hume) as in years past. >> >> There are five confirmed and eligible candidates running for the four Board >> seats up for election this year. >> There are two returning incumbents: >> Matt Disney and John Boris, >> and three newcomers: >> Steve Vandevender, Steve Murawski, George Beech. >> >> Please join me in congratulating these folks. >> >> In the next days, Aaron Sachs and Warner from the LC are charged with >> planning for two LOPSA Live sessions they will conduct in May with the >> candidates. One will be targeted for 6pm EST, the other will be for 6pm >> PST. Expect these events to be announced in the coming weeks. >> >> Candidates are now asked to craft a candidate statement, publicly post it, >> and give us that URL. Expect these to be announced as they post them. We >> will endeavor to collect a link to them all on one page. >> >> I close by giving thanks again to the candidates and to express deep >> appreciation to my fellow LC member volunteers (Scott Murphy, Warner Moore, >> and Aaron Sachs) for all their volunteer efforts so far. >> >> Sincerely, >> Mario Obejas >> LOPSA Leadership Committee Chair >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/
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