Thank you everyone for your input - this is a great way to help one another. Tonight I am meeting with our board to go over some of the ideas you have provided. Thank you!!
About 6 years ago, there was a lot of interest in being on our board so we created two new positions. We added a "communications" person who does our PTO calendar, puts together our newsletter and sends reminders about meetings, etc. This is a 2 year position as all of our other ones, with the following exception:
The 2nd new position created was the President Elect. This is a one year position as is the President's position. The President elect will mirror the president for one year and will automatically become President the following year. This way, there is always one position filled with a member that is not new to the board.
Hello,
You might want to mention this to the public to see if there are any people interested in the positions for next year and they can shadow your present members as aprentices. The current members could delegate some of the non-pertinent duties and the new members won't be so intimidated when joining next year.
Just a thought - I wish you the best of luck.
Janet
If your board is comprised of 2 year staggered terms, then it seems you have two different things happening. 2 positions that are up for election and 2 that are becoming vacant with 1 year left in the term. (And those could probably be filled by appointment rather than election.) The terms not yet over should be filled for the remaining time, not with the clock starting over at 2 years. I know that doesn't help with the loss of experience, but you shouldn't lose your staggered office system.
If your system has gotten out of sync and all 4 positions completed 2 years, then either you need to decide if staggering is that importants (if not, change the bylaws) or else choose half the positions to be 1 year terms.
