[Community-Discuss] Governance Committee Communique

[Ish Sookun]

Ho Owen,

On 03/05/2022 04:36, Owen DeLong wrote:
> It puts the board in the position of being able to appoint the board
> through the casual vacancy process for up to nearly the full term of
> each board seat potentially.
> 

Yes.

> It allows a corrupt board to perpetuate itself by eliminating the
> elected members in favor of appointing corrupt members for the remainder
> of the term.
> 

Yes.

> OTOH, if they are limited to casual vacancies only lasting until the
> next meeting at which elections can occur, it prevents this process
> because they cannot appoint members to multi-year terms.

Yes. Casual vacancies should last only until the next meeting. The
candidate should be eligible for re-election, if he/she wishes to stand,
but nomination/application should go through normal NomCom procedures.

The next elected candidate should receive only the remaining term of the
previous candidate though, instead of the full three-year term. Thus,
not impacting on the staggered terms.

Regards,

-- 
Ish Sookun

Systems Architect @ La Sentinelle Ltd