[NABS-L] board position 4

[Cricket Bidleman]

Hi all,

I will not voice my opinion on this matter, though I do ask that we try to keep this argument from getting personal. There’s no doubt that kathryn has done a lot for the student division, and we should all acknowledge that despite our views on this decision.

Point of clarification: all board member and officer positions are two-year terms. However since Elizabeth, Justin, and Trisha became officers, their previous positions became vacant for the remainder of the two-year terms. This is why the board member positions are, this time, one year. Johna is serving the remainder of her term and next year, all board members are up for election. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Best,
CXB

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Cricket X. Bidleman (she/her/hers)
Stanford University | Class of 2021
BA Candidate | Communications 
Accessibility Consultant | Stanford University Computer Science 
Director of Communications | Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU)
President | California Association of Blind Students (CABS)

> On Jul 18, 2020, at 16:45, Littlefield, Tyler via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Why is this being proposed as an issue now rather than Days ago when the initial philosophy was set up and explained? This is, to my understanding a single year term. If the board handles a google form in the way that they previously handle voting:
> 1) This would require that each time a member is removed were there more than one, a new google form provided.
> 2) If you provide everyone a time period, what do you do if 50% of the membership forgets to vote or doesn't see a notification and the numbers are all wrong?
> 3) This feels like it turns the voting process into nothing more than "call your friend and tell them to vote for x" and that's less palatable than simply allowing the president to appoint a member.
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> I specifically would appreciate it if we could see less accusatory demands and more discussion around a solution that might work. Simply stating that this should be ran a specific way is much easier than thinking of a way for the board to make this happen.
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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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