AnnaJ1 (Maryland)
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Posts: 95
Posted:
Has anyone ever had a nominating committee or been the chair of one? What do you do to make them successful?
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GeorgeS21 (Florida)
Posts: 3,808
Posts: 3,808
Posted:
Advertise the positions, find folks in good standing (or whatever your Bylaws/CCRs/statute specify) who want to be on the board, put the list together and provide it to the board for the election.
MichaelS56 (Minnesota)
Posts: 858
Posts: 858
Posted:
Our Nominating committee members are always cultivating relationships and finding out who has the personality to be a good Board member. Our Management company also has a place on their website for a resident to apply to be a candidate for the Board. Our Nominating committee meets in June to develop a list of owners who will be asked to be a Board candidate. The committee then meets at the end of August to review the candidates profiles and then forwards the candidate profiles to the Board. The candidates are then voted on at the October Annual meeting. For our association, this model has worked for 20 years.
JohnC46 (South Carolina)
Posts: 14,265
Posts: 14,265
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Posted By MichaelS56 on 11/29/2020 8:41 AM
Our Nominating committee members are always cultivating relationships and finding out who has the personality to be a good Board member. Our Management company also has a place on their website for a resident to apply to be a candidate for the Board. Our Nominating committee meets in June to develop a list of owners who will be asked to be a Board candidate. The committee then meets at the end of August to review the candidates profiles and then forwards the candidate profiles to the Board. The candidates are then voted on at the October Annual meeting. For our association, this model has worked for 20 years.
Our Nominating committee members are always cultivating relationships and finding out who has the personality to be a good Board member. Our Management company also has a place on their website for a resident to apply to be a candidate for the Board. Our Nominating committee meets in June to develop a list of owners who will be asked to be a Board candidate. The committee then meets at the end of August to review the candidates profiles and then forwards the candidate profiles to the Board. The candidates are then voted on at the October Annual meeting. For our association, this model has worked for 20 years.
Most associations have done away with nominating committees in favor of letting anyone that wants to run to run. If nominations are allowed from the floor a nominating committee is useless. Also if a nominating committee is used it job is to be sure the person running is eligible to run and nothing else. Anything else is controlling as yours sounds like.
SheliaH (Indiana)
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Posts: 6,964
Posted:
What John said.
All you need to do is call for volunteers and if someone or several people express interest, have them complete some type of biography and publish it on your website or newsletter.
Sponsor a meet the candidates event she the candidates can explain why they want the job and people can ask questions, then make a decision at the appropriate time. You can always check their accounts to ensure they're eligible (up to date with assessments and legal owner of the home) -that shouldn't require a committee.
All you need to do is call for volunteers and if someone or several people express interest, have them complete some type of biography and publish it on your website or newsletter.
Sponsor a meet the candidates event she the candidates can explain why they want the job and people can ask questions, then make a decision at the appropriate time. You can always check their accounts to ensure they're eligible (up to date with assessments and legal owner of the home) -that shouldn't require a committee.
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AugustinD
Posts: 5,144
Posts: 5,144
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Posted By JohnC46 on 11/29/2020 9:16 AM
Most associations have done away with nominating committees in favor of letting anyone that wants to run to run.
Most associations have done away with nominating committees in favor of letting anyone that wants to run to run.
MichaelS56 (Minnesota)
Posts: 858
Posts: 858
Posted:
Our Association does have a Nominating committee to supplant having open candidates applying for the Board. The Nominating committee meets twice, once in June and once in August. The meeting in June is to plan who is going to ask which owner to be a candidate and the August meeting is to prepare the candidate(s) profile sheet for the Board. All candidate(s) names are brought to the Annual meeting in October.
KerryL1 (California)
Posts: 14,550
Posts: 14,550
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Our current Bylaws require a nominating Committee, but it only meets with our PM to confirm all candidates are indeed owners as required in CA.
Are you, Michel, saying that only owners approved by the nominating committee may seek board membership?
Are you, Michel, saying that only owners approved by the nominating committee may seek board membership?
CathyA3 (Ohio)
Posts: 6,299
Posts: 6,299
Posted:
Our bylaws require a nominating committee and specify its makeup: at least 3 members with at least 1 board member.
We've found it to be a waste of time. We try to seek out potential board members all through the year, we publicize the upcoming election and our bylaws allow nominations from the floor. And it's hard to get people to even volunteer for the committee.
As others have said, many states have done away with these committees since they can be misused.
Since we have to have one, though, our attorney suggested having the three board members make up the committee. If a board member plans to seek re-election, we replace that committee member with another homeowner. And of course if somebody actually wants to be on the committee, we gratefully accept.
We've found it to be a waste of time. We try to seek out potential board members all through the year, we publicize the upcoming election and our bylaws allow nominations from the floor. And it's hard to get people to even volunteer for the committee.
As others have said, many states have done away with these committees since they can be misused.
Since we have to have one, though, our attorney suggested having the three board members make up the committee. If a board member plans to seek re-election, we replace that committee member with another homeowner. And of course if somebody actually wants to be on the committee, we gratefully accept.
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