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/
