Voting procedures

Can someone give me guidance on how officers are elected. I am new in my association and after a year I asked to be on the board. There was no election and I was in. The president resigned and one of the board memebers said I want to be president and again no election and they were president.

For the general yearly election we put out a notice and on the ballots were the individuals already on the board with nothing indicating any specific position. So in theory if noone voted and each cnaidtae on the form voted for themselves you are in unless we have more than the 7 directors on the board.

Our bylaws state after the general election the board will meet and elect officers. That to me seems unfair because the board will always decide who those officers are without the HO input.

I have asked the questions to the board and no real answer has been given other than that is the way it has been.

We are in the process of rewriting our CC&Rs. I would like to change this rule to allow HO to vote for the officer instead of directors positions or at least have a say, but I'm not sure how to do it or if it is even legal.

Can someone help me or send me in the right direction.

Jerry

owners vote to elect board members. those members elect among themselves, using any legal method, to fill officer duties/positions. Owners have a say in the "officers" by casting their vote to fill the board. if there is someone they do not wish to be president, then they can cast their vote against that person reaching the board...but not against them once they are elected.

nothing different than what we do in the senate/house, or governments with parliaments do, or what many city councils do when electing a mayor. we elect a group of representatives, and they, in turn, elect among themselves to fill duties and positions (like speaker, chairmen, prime minister, mayor, etc.)

That's how ours work.

William, here are some pros and cons off the top of my head.
Pros for officers being elected by the members are:
1. Members may feel they have more control.
2. Members can determine who will hold each office.
Cons:
1. When an officer leaves the Board before their term expires who replaces them?
2. If the Board removes an officer who replaces them?
3. The officers stay in office until their term expires.

Pros for officers being elected by the Board members are:
1. Officers are elected each year at the first Board meeting following the Annual meeting.
2. Easier to replace an officer who is not doing a good job.
Cons:
1. Members may feel they have less control.