<p>We should let the electorate decide who they want to be the chairperson,secretary, vice and so forth unlike when the board members are left to the task.</p>
<p>About having too many volunteers vying for one post and having only one vying for another is quite 'normal'. I believe the many who go for a certain post e.g. treasurer would probably not settle for another post in the board. And again, the board may choose a candidate who is not a representative who the members want at the post.</p>
<p>The board should be a representation of the members voices. </p>
<p>For instance, Our student council at JKUAT, the vice and secretary general were elected unopposed since they did not have opponents whereas the chairmans position had 5 contestants, the finance docket had 3 contestants e.t.c. They were sworn in with no squalms since the rest of the students body had been given a window period to submit nomination papers-which they didnt.I hope am clear.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Stephen W. Wanjau</p>
<p>On Jul 13, 2011 8:05 PM, "Limoke Oscar" <<a href="mailto:oslimoke@gmail.com">oslimoke@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Abbas,<br>> I think someone would vie for a post s/he thinks he can comfortably<br>
> serve.I mean I wouldnt say vie for a secretary if am not<br>> interestde.Let someone choose a position s/he thinks he is in a<br>> position to serve.<br>> Another drawback is that how would the 'creme de le creme' decide<br>
> amongst themselves who should be chair,vice ans staff?wouldn't this<br>> cause some cold blood and tension among themselves?<br>> <br>> On 7/13/11, Abbas Mahmood <<a href="mailto:abbasjnr@hotmail.com">abbasjnr@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> Oscar,<br>>><br>>>> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:37:57 +0300<br>>>> From: <a href="mailto:oslimoke@gmail.com">oslimoke@gmail.com</a><br>>>> To: <a href="mailto:wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org">wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org</a><br>
>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments<br>>><br>>><br>>>> About Electing the Board,members should be electing a position<br>>>> based.i.e electing X for the post of Chairperson and so forth....<br>
>><br>>> Erm, I think this type of method has a disadvantage: for instance, 5 people<br>>> vie for the Chairperson seat and maybe only 1 person vies for the Secretary<br>>> post; definitely, the Secretary will get elected; since (s)he has no<br>
>> competitor, and maybe out of the 4 that lost the Chair's seat, one of them<br>>> could have been a better Board member than the secretary who had won. What<br>>> I'm trying to say is that i think it's better for voters to vote for their<br>
>> best top 5 candidates; and the Board members will later on delegate their<br>>> respective positions themselves. By doing so, we will get the creme de la<br>>> creme to be on the Board.<br>>> Abbas. <br>
> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Limoke Oscar,<br>> <a href="http://mayenge.blogspot.com">mayenge.blogspot.com</a><br>> Freelancer,<br>> GeoInformatics and GIScience Student<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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