Midsouth Makers Yearly Nominations Begins Now

[Rich Thompson]

Greetings Makers!

 

It has been another great year! We’ve improved our infrastructure, increased our collection of tools this year and welcomed many new members. We have some great plans for the coming year and if you'd like to help shape the direction of the organization, now is your chance! Starting TODAY, 11/1/2018 and for the next 7 days through 11/7/2018 we'll be taking nominations for the MidSouth Maker Officers - President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary. Each officer's duties can be found on our wiki at http://wiki.midsouthmakers.org/a/Officer_Duties. Thank you for your help.

 

Once someone is nominated and I confirm with them, verify their desire to participate, and verify their nomination. Once verified, the member will be on the Ballot that will be available to members starting November 30th. If you would like to nominate someone (or yourself) for any of the board positions, please let me know as soon as possible. All nominations must be verified by November 29th, if I am unable to verify a nomination by that time the nominee will not be on the ballot.

 

If you have any questions about this process or if you'd like to discuss a nomination please contact myself or another board member.

 

Yearly Election Information / Process

• Elections are held on December 1st through 7th of every year.
  
• Nominations for elections are held November 1st through the 7th.
  
• Nominations must be made via email to secr...@midsouthmakers.org or bo...@midsouthmakers.org
  
• Members who wish to run for board member positions must:
  
• Be in good standing for 2 or more consecutive months prior to nomination
• Current in their membership dues to the month of nominations
• The Secretary will provide private ballots and be responsible for collecting and calculating ballots.
  
• Ballots should be available to members no later than November 30th.
  
• Any nomination that the Secretary is unable to receive acceptance from the nominee will not be included on the ballot.
  
• If the secretary is unable to secure nominee acceptance by November 30th, that nominee will not appear on the ballot.
• Physical ballots will be available as well as sent out via email.
  
• Completed ballots will be accepted via email from member's email on file, sent to secr...@midsouthmakers.org or bo...@midsouthmakers.org during the time of elections.
  
• The outcome of the votes will be put before the board and ratified in a special, open board meeting.
  
• In the event of a tie, the presiding board will determine the winner by a majority vote.
• Probationary members at the time of elections are not permitted to vote in yearly elections or nominate candidates.
  
• Members "in poor standing" are allowed to vote and may nominate a 3rd party.
  
• Nominations by proxy is handled exactly like voting by proxy "so long as the board has been notified and approved your request"
  
• Nominations will be listed on the wiki for the current year election once the nomination has been accepted by the nominee.