06-22-2015, 07:01 AM
The ballots were only for those districts that needed to fill their board seats this year. There were 2 current board members who had filled board vacancies in November and ran unopposed for their own districts in this race. Dist 6 had 2 names on the ballot but one had pulled out. The chair of the nominating committee had already sent the ballots for print w/out board approval and was unable to remove the other name on the ballot bc it was all sealed up already. Again, no board approval or oversight of the ballots before mailing.
The board members who ran and are still on the board are Dist 2 Ruth Mizuba and Dist 6 is Craig Crelly. The 2 vacancies still haven't been filled and we've approached the 60 days I believe in which those seats should've been filled per our bylaws. The board has stated they want to vet the applicants first (behind closed doors) as they did back in November 2014 to fill the 4 vacancies. No matter that they only had 4 applicants for the 4 vacancies..they still wanted to "vet" them. This isn't my word but one of the board member's.
This has never been done before behind closed doors. Since when does a board "vet" potential board members for vacant seats? Past practice is after reviewing their qualifications of good standing, the applicants would come to a board mtg, stand up and say their spiel of why they wish to be on the board, then the board would vote by secret ballot. If only 1 applicant, a formal board vote would still occur and by majority vote that person would get the board seat and sit at the board table that very night. It was transparent and out in the open. Now it's a behind closed doors process that precedes the board mtg event.
The 2 board members who've missed 2 board meetings in a row was discussed at the Gen'l Membership mtg. The fact that they missed 2 board mtgs in a row wasn't an issue as much as they hadn't informed anyone that they wouldn't be attending. The VP missed 2 mtgs in a row but was excused. She had also missed the Sep 7th mtg excused. The Pres before she was an ofcr and another member walked out in the middle of a mtg bc they were mad. One flipped off the then Pres as she walked out. They both didn't show up at the following board mtg. One of them has left numerous meetings early. So it's sort of hypocritical for them to point fingers.
2 members who filled out board seat applications back in March may be considered as applicants for the 2 vacancies. Their districts weren't up for election. These 2 still need to be "vetted" first. There's time for others to apply for those 2 seats.
The board members who ran and are still on the board are Dist 2 Ruth Mizuba and Dist 6 is Craig Crelly. The 2 vacancies still haven't been filled and we've approached the 60 days I believe in which those seats should've been filled per our bylaws. The board has stated they want to vet the applicants first (behind closed doors) as they did back in November 2014 to fill the 4 vacancies. No matter that they only had 4 applicants for the 4 vacancies..they still wanted to "vet" them. This isn't my word but one of the board member's.
This has never been done before behind closed doors. Since when does a board "vet" potential board members for vacant seats? Past practice is after reviewing their qualifications of good standing, the applicants would come to a board mtg, stand up and say their spiel of why they wish to be on the board, then the board would vote by secret ballot. If only 1 applicant, a formal board vote would still occur and by majority vote that person would get the board seat and sit at the board table that very night. It was transparent and out in the open. Now it's a behind closed doors process that precedes the board mtg event.
The 2 board members who've missed 2 board meetings in a row was discussed at the Gen'l Membership mtg. The fact that they missed 2 board mtgs in a row wasn't an issue as much as they hadn't informed anyone that they wouldn't be attending. The VP missed 2 mtgs in a row but was excused. She had also missed the Sep 7th mtg excused. The Pres before she was an ofcr and another member walked out in the middle of a mtg bc they were mad. One flipped off the then Pres as she walked out. They both didn't show up at the following board mtg. One of them has left numerous meetings early. So it's sort of hypocritical for them to point fingers.
2 members who filled out board seat applications back in March may be considered as applicants for the 2 vacancies. Their districts weren't up for election. These 2 still need to be "vetted" first. There's time for others to apply for those 2 seats.