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 fourBoard > 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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