>At 05:31 PM 10/3/99 -0400, Shari wrote: >>Hi folks, >> >>I look at this as possibly a better solution: What if we put out a call for >>those who would like to take over the NE/NC CC Rep position? We allow 1 >>week (I think this is plenty of time) for these folks to announce to us >>their desire to fill the vacancy and to submit a short blurb (or resume, or >>whatever you want to call it) spelling out their qualifications and why >>they'd like to represent the CCs in this region. These announcement/resumes >>can be sent to either the NC or to the Board Secretary, who can in turn >>forward them to the BOARD-EXEC list. There we can discuss and decide over, >>say, a one-week period. I agree it would be good to put out a call and ask people who want to be the NE/NC rep to submit the descriptions above, but it would also be good to at the same time ask the CC's of that region whether they prefer having a special election versus letting the board pick a replacement. An election is fairly time-consuming, and some CC's might prefer to avoid going through another one so soon, but others might think it's worth the time it takes, in order to have more say in who their CC Rep is. I don't think we need a formal poll on whether they'd want to hold an election, though. Maybe just a request to send a message to their remaining CC Rep (Tina Vickery mailto:TVick65536@aol.com) and/or their SC Rep (Joy Fisher mailto:jfisher@ucla.edu ) expressing whether they want an election or not. If the feedback comes in that they don't want an election, then we should at least send the "resumes" to the NE/NC state lists and ask for CC input in making our decision, and give very high weight to what we hear. It is, after all, the CC's of that region whom the Rep is representing. Teri Pettit