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Toymods Club Treasurer
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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 Nominating for board positions
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Tue, 18 January 2005 03:58
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I discovered last night after asking a few questions, that I have an issue with one of the rules in constitution relating to nominating for board positions.
From what I understand, a person is only allowed to nominate for one position only.
While I can see some logic in this, there is a downside that I'd like to bring up.
The best way to illustrate this is what I was planning.
I have been considering nominating for the treasurer position. Mos, due to no fault of his own, had previously been having troubles keeping up, and so, to possibly allow him try a different position, I was thinking about having a go, so to speak.
I think I've got the necessary skills to do it; good with figures & budgeting, plus works hours that 99% of the time leave late afternoons, evenings, & nights free to dedicate to whatever I'd like to do.
I asked Mos about this at the club meeting just gone & he said he would be renominating for this position.
Fair enough, and considering that he has previously been carrying out this role, a much better chance of being re-elected than I would be of being elected.
Now here comes the problem.
If I nominate for this position, and then lose in a vote, I CANNOT try to be elected for any other position and would have to wait another full year to try again.
I can understand the dilemma of people nominating for multiple positions, and then possibly being elected to multiple positions though. A suggestion to fix this would be for that person to have to choose between the positions offered to them, and the one not chosen would have to be re-voted to get a different person. But this could add time to the AGM.
I would also suggest a capping of nominating for 2 positions to lessen the chance of multiple elections to positions.
This would give a person like me a chance to nominate for say, both the treasurer's position (to see how I'd go), and also for an ordinary member's position (as a possible fall back & to allow me to dedicate some time to having a say in the running of the club, something I'd like to dedicate some of my time & effort to doing)
I understand that this is pretty short notice, and don't expect for the situation to change before the AGM, but leave it for your consideration.
Sorry about the long post, but I couldn't figure a way to make it any shorter.
Thanks
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