04-19-2018, 04:53 PM
Update:
The board overturned the Nominating Committee's qualified slate of candidates at last night's board meeting....in guise of using the "original slate of candidates" which was just a list the pres's spouse typed up before the Nominating Committee chair even left the office at the drop dead date and time w/the small stack of submission forms of nominees. That was not the Nominating Committee's slate of candidates presented at the board meeting, but the board pres's spouse's typed list of "nominees". So they took the Nominating Committee completely out of the equation breaking the bylaws.
District 2: Mary Couch and Ruth Mizuba (serving currently as Dist 2 rep 3 yr term)
District 3: Unopposed Kathleen Shaw
District 4: Tanya Seaver and Malia Ahuna-Alofaituli (currently board appt'd to Dist5 seat)
District 5: Unopposed Mayelin Stillwell
District 6: Thomas Fuchtman, William Shattuck AND CRAIG CRELLY (new)
All the original 8 candidates had completed their forms so the Nominating Committee could qualify them through the preliminary screening.
One District6 nominee was disqualified. The nominee didn't complete their form by the drop dead date and time and had a conflict of interest issue w/his spouse working as an employee. The Nominating Committee follows the rules and bylaws and doesn't give preferential treatment...BUT THE BOARD DOES, and willingly in conflict of interest voted to add CRAIG CRELLY (PAST THE DEADLINE by over a month) to run in Dist6 at last night's board meeting.
The bylaws give the task to the Nominating Committee to find "qualified" candidates, because it's a conflict of interest for the board to be involved. The board is supposed to AVOID MEDDLING period, during the memberships' elections and they are now treading in muddy waters.
PLEASE PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE DISTRICT ELECTIONS. Please show up as witnesses to the ballot counting process. The NC advised the board that the GM isn't paid to be an observer of the ballot counting as he has in the past 2 elections. It's the members job to observe, not an employee on our dime.
The board had voted at Mar 2018 board meeting to budget $1000 for a ballot counting organization but Dist2 Ruth Mizuba haggled over one contender who was in the $500 range. They could've taken money out of Ruth Mizuba's $100,000 mailbox money since money was an issue for her last night. They chose Nanawale Estates to count our ballots. It became evident last night that the board was on a mission from the start to use Nanawale again and weren't going to consider any others....take it as you please.
The board overturned the Nominating Committee's qualified slate of candidates at last night's board meeting....in guise of using the "original slate of candidates" which was just a list the pres's spouse typed up before the Nominating Committee chair even left the office at the drop dead date and time w/the small stack of submission forms of nominees. That was not the Nominating Committee's slate of candidates presented at the board meeting, but the board pres's spouse's typed list of "nominees". So they took the Nominating Committee completely out of the equation breaking the bylaws.
District 2: Mary Couch and Ruth Mizuba (serving currently as Dist 2 rep 3 yr term)
District 3: Unopposed Kathleen Shaw
District 4: Tanya Seaver and Malia Ahuna-Alofaituli (currently board appt'd to Dist5 seat)
District 5: Unopposed Mayelin Stillwell
District 6: Thomas Fuchtman, William Shattuck AND CRAIG CRELLY (new)
All the original 8 candidates had completed their forms so the Nominating Committee could qualify them through the preliminary screening.
One District6 nominee was disqualified. The nominee didn't complete their form by the drop dead date and time and had a conflict of interest issue w/his spouse working as an employee. The Nominating Committee follows the rules and bylaws and doesn't give preferential treatment...BUT THE BOARD DOES, and willingly in conflict of interest voted to add CRAIG CRELLY (PAST THE DEADLINE by over a month) to run in Dist6 at last night's board meeting.
The bylaws give the task to the Nominating Committee to find "qualified" candidates, because it's a conflict of interest for the board to be involved. The board is supposed to AVOID MEDDLING period, during the memberships' elections and they are now treading in muddy waters.
PLEASE PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE DISTRICT ELECTIONS. Please show up as witnesses to the ballot counting process. The NC advised the board that the GM isn't paid to be an observer of the ballot counting as he has in the past 2 elections. It's the members job to observe, not an employee on our dime.
The board had voted at Mar 2018 board meeting to budget $1000 for a ballot counting organization but Dist2 Ruth Mizuba haggled over one contender who was in the $500 range. They could've taken money out of Ruth Mizuba's $100,000 mailbox money since money was an issue for her last night. They chose Nanawale Estates to count our ballots. It became evident last night that the board was on a mission from the start to use Nanawale again and weren't going to consider any others....take it as you please.