[HamWAN PSDR] Voting Process Proposal RE: VOTE: Board Director Elections

[Doug Kingston]

I think that the easiest approach here is to not make a bylaw/constitution
change at this time, but by convention, do a coordinated, annual
(re)election at an agreed time.  This still leaves us the flexibility to
add board members at any time if needed to maintain a viable board or add
individuals who will benefit the organization by being on the board.

-Doug-

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 1:34 PM Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel at nigelvh.com>
wrote:

> Mark,
>
> That’s a reasonable observation, and I don’t believe you’d be the first to
> note it. I would be interested in hearing specific suggestions around
> remedying that. Though I’m not sure how much administrative latitude we
> have without actually changing the constitution, as it’s fairly clear on
> allowing anyone at any time.
>
> "Any Supporting Member may announce his or her intention to be elected as
> a Director at any time, and must set a 7-day voting period to end no later
> than 21 days from the initial announcement of intention to run. Supporting
> Members are entitled to one vote each. Election of a board member shall be
> successful if the candidate receives more “Yea” votes than “Nay” votes."
>
>
> Thanks,
> Nigel
>
> On Jul 2, 2019, at 13:24, Sheppard, Mark <Mark.Sheppard at seattle.gov>
> wrote:
>
> To HamWAN Board and Supporting Members:
>
> The HamWAN PSDR Board of Director’s nomination and voting process, while
> it works and yields a very viable board of hard working committed folks –
> it is appears to me to be a bit hard to track and keep up with.  As someone
> declares their candidacy – that triggers a vote on that individual by those
> reading the email thread.  But it is never clear who else may be
> declaring.  It seems that having the ability to see the complete list of
> those declared candidates and then the electorate having the ability to
> review that slate and then vote, based on the knowledge of who all is
> running  would support more informed decision making.
>
> I am aware the current election practices are supported by the by-laws but
> we probably have some latitude to make administrative changes to the
> process if these are deemed to add value to the process and outcomes.
>
> Thank you for considering this proposal – Mark
> Mark Sheppard, N7LYE
>
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