[NABS-L] board position 4

[Nico Petrillo]

You raise an interesting point. According to our constitution when elections start they shouldn’t finish until a board member or officer has been elected. Also in our constitution it states that the president may conduct any necessary business During the meeting. Due to concerns about who paid and who didn’t as well as other concerns it makes sense that they withheld the election of board member 4 temporarily. Also it should be pointed out that all elections must be done in conjunction with a majority vote of the present Due paying members. My suggestion would be for the president to hold a special meeting to elect this board member At a time that is convenient to the board.

Nick Petrillo
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Virginia Association of Blind Students| President 
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> On Jul 18, 2020, at 4:41 PM, Zachary GriegoDreicer via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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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