Our nominating committee operates differently. They are just there as a control system. We send home a nomination ballot to all the parents at the school. Anyone can nominate anyone for any position. The nominating committee then phones anyone nominated to see if they accept or reject to run for the position. They then report back and let us know who has accepted. When there is a contested election and a vote is held the nominating committee is in charge of holding the election and tallying the votes. The principal verifies the vote and then hangs on the the final votes for 24 hours so that anyone who wants to see how many votes were recieved can go to his office and get that information.

For your situatuion it depends on what your bylaws say about this. You would have to ammend your bylaws to set it up the way you want it to be. I have to say I find it odd that your committee is solely responsible for nominating people and doesn't nominate anyone. It seems like it is set up for the same people to remain in office forever. Do you have term limits on your board positions?

Annually, the nominating committee of Board members nominate no new people. Anyone have ideas on how the bylaws can spell out that anyone who wants the job can be nominated. Once on the ballot, individual votes will determine who gets the job. I've thought of a codicil that says the Committee must accept as a nominee any member of good standing with a signed petition of X members. Replies?