[NABS-L] board position 4

[Victor Marques]

I too was dissatisfied with the choice to simply appoint board member 4. Those who expressed an interest at the meeting, and the individual who was not successful for board position 3, should be put into a 5 way Google Form vote. It would be easy to cross-reference membership and tally votes. Should the be a tie for positions 1 and 2, that could be decided by a second vote.  That’s the democratic way I would have handled this, Google Forms is perfectly capable as a tool to manage this election.

I’m glad I am not the only one who felt this way.  I felt this was pushed through without voting on the rules of engagement or without adequate discussion.

Victor Marques
NABS Member

> On Jul 18, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Keri Svendsen via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I think this is reasonable.
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>> On 7/18/2020 4:40 PM, Zachary GriegoDreicer via NABS-L wrote:
>> Hello, I hope everyone is enjoying convention. I've had a number of people talking on facebook and to me directly that we don't approve of the handling of the voting of board position 4. There has been significant discussion of this topic and I think that the discussion should  be opened to all NABS members. I think it only fair that everyone who ran for other board positions, and were not elected, should be allowed to run again for said position. Further, any dues paying member should be able to vote for the student they believe the best to serve in this role. I propose that a second google form be created for this purpose. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the general convention would run perhaps by raising hands in zoom or something similar to fill all positions....I think we will find out soon enough if my thought process is correct. Thus, in fairness to all involved, I would like to suggest that position 4 be elected by google forms or other fair form of voting. I would love everyone's input. Thanks all for your consideration.
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