That sounds like a great way to solve the problem without a by-laws hack.
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Derek Balling <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > The by-laws don't allow for it as a part of the official "process". > > Nothing in the by-laws, however, stops the board from committing, as the > board, to simply appoint the 5-place candidate to the vacancy. > > D > > > On May 7, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Tom Perrine <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The bylaws may or may not allow for those kinds of election processes. >> >> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Willard Dennis <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Ah, OK. I knew there would be a reason after I sent my message ;) >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Derek Balling <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> You'd want to go through the motions because 4 of the slots have longer >>>> terms (full terms) and one only has a partial term. So "winners" should get >>>> full terms while the "fifth place finisher" can get the partial. >>>> >>>> D >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 6, 2014, at 6:13 PM, Will Dennis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> 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/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/
