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/
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