The timing of my request did not affect the EC's decision. It is my understanding that the EC will no longer conduct any state elections in conjunction with nationals. Yes, the bylaw proposal will have to be reworked to reflect an adjust start to the SC's term, if we wish the EC to conduct future elections. Of course, we do have the option to conduct our own elections, as several have mentioned. You are correct, Jacki, that if the membership decides it wishes the EC to handle future elections, the SC's term would need to be adjusted. I see no point in having another one-year "interim" term. While the nomination process proceeds, perhaps the Bylaws Committee could write a single proposal concerning the SC election process that we could vote on via the list before the election. Vivian At 07:55 PM 6/7/2005 -0600, you wrote: >Hi y'all. > >I'd like to bring up a couple of things to think about. Is the EC unable >to assist with SC elections at the time of the national elections in the >future as well, or is it because we were late asking for their assistance >this time? > >The current bylaw proposal states that the SC election will be held in >conjunction with the national elections. That may need to be reworded if >we want to have the EC conduct the election for us in the future. The >current wording does not prevent us from holding our own election without >the EC's help at the time of the national election. > >The current proposal (and Vivian's announcement) states that the term will >be for 2 years. Is the 2 years acceptable? The bylaws proposals haven't >been voted on yet. If we want to change the timing of the SC turnover, >we'd need to adjust the length of this upcoming term. (For example, if we >wanted to run from September to September, then we'd need to make this >term 13 or 25 months.) If we are ok with the timing to be at the time of >the national election, then no changes would be needed. > >I have no strong preferences -- just wanted to bring it up so the Bylaws >Committee would know what to do with the proposals. > >Also to think about -- would you like to have the Bylaws Proposals vote to >be held by the EC when they can do it -- end of August, early September? >Or handle those internally as well? > >That's a lot to think about. I hope I've been clear with my questions, but >if not, I'll try again when I'm more awake :-) > >Jacki > >