Is a Board of Directors required to elect proposed nominees who are neither qualified or prepared for the job?

Question

We are a non-profit B od D, with a pool of homeowners who do not wish to volunteer their time on the Board. This issue is not address in our Bylaws or in our State statutes.

Cathbarf, maybe it's you who is not living in the real world.
When members join the Board who have no idea of the time and committment involved, they do a disservice to the members who have been there through thick and thin.

Why should a Board be potentially victimized by members coming on and off the Board because they cannot make the same committment as the rest.

Meanwhile the reminaing members invest time and effort bringing new members up to speed only to see them resign a few months later.

While I certainly need and want the feedback of the membership, unit owners should not be able to burden the Board.

Answer 1

No! You are never required to vote someone in. You have the right to vote against anyone being on your board, naturally, it will first have to go up, for a vote, and the majority wins. If you get you quota met, and ya'll vote for these people not to be board members, then thats totally in your means. I've been on the same 3 board of directors, of non for profits, for over 10 years, and that has always been the case.

Answer 2

Well, welcome to the real world. There are no qualifications needed to run for an BOD nominee; if they were never elected, how could they get experience? About the only reason you can reject a candidate is that they are in arrears in dues. BTW: Why is the BOD involved in this election, isn't the election of new directors a unit owners . function at an Annual Meeting?

Answer 3

Use the Book written for this kind of thing:

Robert's Rules of Order (a book on Parliamentary Procedures) that is just for things like that.

http://www.rulesonline.com/