When and how does your group begin your officer nomination process for next school year's board?

~ Lisa


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We begin our nomination process at the end of February. First we poll our current board members and ask if they are planning on coming back. Then early march we post on our website & in newsletter the openings. Typically, we don't get several people come forward -- would be nice but it usually comes down to a recruiting approach. Our nominations chair then starts the process of calling people. When ever possible we push the co-chair approach. Divide and conquer. Seems to work. If we don't have people in slots by April - mid we put our another call for volunteers in our NL & site. Would love to hear from other schools about how they "recruit". Kind of a painful process for us and we are in a school with high parent involvement. E

Our approach is similar to Estelle's except that our board members have a two year term limit. It's a violation of our by-laws for any one person to continue in the same board position beyond that time.

Thank you for posting that question! 3/4 of our board is new and though we were under the impression we had 2 year terms, we only have 1 year terms!

Just as we're starting to get the hang of it, time's up! So, does that mean we all have to be nominated again, or are we allowed to continue with another term if no one else wants it?

When is it recommended to begin the election process?

1 year term limits would be a bit tough! Perhaps you should look to amend your by-laws to make it 2. I feel that 2 is a good limit and if that person still wants to remain on the board they can fill another position.

I must admit, the President positon has been quite an undertaking for me and I'm a bit relieved at the 2 year limit! I do plan to stay on the board and help to guide the next person though!

The board elects a 3-person nominating committee in November. Nominating committee reports their nominations to the membership in March. Nominations also accepted from the floor in March. Elections in April.

1-year terms; maximum 2 consecutive terms in the same position.

Standing Committee chairs (we have 6) are appointed by the president for 2-year terms; maximum 2 terms. Subcommittee chairs can serve as long as they like or until removed.