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5.C Campaign rules for committees? #7

Open yvonneng opened 8 years ago

yvonneng commented 8 years ago

Can committees campaign for candidates or ballot measures?

kgrons commented 8 years ago

Follow up to @yvonneng question: Can committees formally nominate a candidate or a ballot measure?

retokromer commented 8 years ago

Other follow up: What would be the pros and cons? Would this concern both the committees of the membership and the committees of the board?

dericed commented 8 years ago

To respond to @kgrons:

In the Nomination by Committee process. Here the committee receives 'recommendations' not 'nominations' but the EC is encouraged is consult with 'AMIA Members', which is both institutional members and individual members. Though the 'good judgement' section allows the EC to consult with committees according to their 'good judgement'.

In the Nomination by Petition process, it is individual members that participate in the nomination by running or petitioning (not institutional members).

Neither process mentions committees specifically but my understanding is that a Committee is not a Member (such as Corporations aren't People). Though at the EC's discretion it could consult with a committee.

I think the Committees (excluding the EC) could play organizing roles in campaigns, not only for endorsing candidates but for platform (board priorities, changes to governance policy, appointment of Board Committee Chairs for either current or lapsed committees). However I think the committee's communication should be cautious unless there the committee has reached consensus. For committee chairs I recommend https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7282 on using consensus.