So, why not make the best of both worlds?
If you need another Trustee immediately, well...I don't really think that, you have a quorum without it. And an appointed trustee who lost a community election is not a community elected trustee. It is insulting to say that they are. James Heilman was the community trustee, and we still have been given absolutely no specifics about his removal, just vague handwaves at "lack of trust". Why, specifically, did he lose your trust? What, specifically, did he supposedly do wrong?
But if the seat absolutely must be filled, make this an interim appointment until a new election is complete, and hold such an election as soon as possible. A new election is necessary, and not having one is unacceptable. A lot has changed since the last one, and the individual you appointed did not pass the previous election.
Or in other words: This is still not acceptable.
Todd
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 7:47 PM, Adam Wight adam.m.wight@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:09 PM Tomasz W. Kozlowski < tomasz@twkozlowski.com> wrote:
Considering the results of the 2015 May Board elections, I think it fair to say that María’s appointment to the Board lacks any community
legitimacy
whatsoever.
I have to disagree with this statement. Please see my analysis of the election, where I show that Sefidari would have been the top-ranked candidate if we had counted votes equally.[1] The "oppose" votes you refer to are not serving the purpose you imagine they are, of weeding out controversial candidates.
Yet another hugely surprising decision from the Board, I’m sorry to say.
That's another story... It would be nice to read the minutes of this Board discussion, to see what alternatives were raised and how they were evaluated. It would be even nicer if the broader community had been directly involved in deciding how to backfill their hatcheted representative's seat.
-Adam [[mw:User:Adamw]]
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