It's a thing that can be unofficial policy, until someone raises their discomfort with it. The right thing to do would *eventually* be to encode it into bylaws, I think, so that you can always fall back on rules of order, and say that the membership has established that this is how they want this situation to be handled. There is, of course, the risk of just establishing too many policies, and being overburdened by them. :)
I personally think it's a good solution of what to do with that fifth seat with the shorter term -- I don't know how I'd feel about it if I were the person being given the shorter slot as the #5-recipient-of-votes. Maybe slighted? Maybe not. I'd hope that someone running for a seat at all would see it as their opportunity to do service to the organization where they would otherwise not be able, in this election cycle. --e On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Tom Perrine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
