Slating - yea or nay?

[33girl]

This was touched on in the "what would you change" thread but I didn't want to hijack it since it is an awesome thread. Several people said they would change their way of doing elections/slating.

When I was in school people let the nom comm know what they were interested in, the nom comm made their picks and presented them, we had nominations from the floor and then voted on each office. That was the old way. I've looked at our procedure now and honestly, I think the College of Cardinals has it easier when they pick the Pope!

I know some people cannot discuss this at all, so without getting into more detail than you feel comfy with, do you like your GLO's way of elections/slating or not?

[The_Nash]

our exec council slates who they think will do the best job, then opens up the floor for nominations.

[CarolinaCutie]

Without going into too much detail, I don't think that the slating committee is always completely representative of the chapter. But the CONCEPT of slating is a good idea, much better than just nominating all willy-nilly.

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by CarolinaCutie

But the CONCEPT of slating is a good idea, much better than just nominating all willy-nilly.

I agree with this. What I dont agree with is the fact that if a person's name is already on the slate somewhere, they can't be nominated for something else. IE: suzy is slated for programs, but the floor wants to nominate her for treasurer. You would think that if Suzy didnt mind being nominated for treasurer, she could be scratched from programs and nominated for treasurer instead...but, of course not.

I think this rule creates alot of Ross Perot-like syndrome situations....Ladies who are clearly leaders in the chapter, nowhere on the slate because they were holding out for a nomination to A particular office, rather than volunteering (or, accepting a nomination) for something else just to be on the slate in the first place, with the possibility of being re-nominated for a different position.

[lilzetakitten]

For my chapter, all members interested in an EC position submit applications to the nominating committee, who read the apps and conduct interviews. From that, they create the slate. If the slate as a whole doesn't pass, any girl who submitted an app can run from the floor. Someone who was on the slate and isn't elected to the position can run for a lower position (for example, if the slated president doesn't win, she can run for secretary, but the slated secretary can't run from the floor for president).

I found it to be pretty effective, once we got the hang of it on our own. Our advisers were involved until last year, but our chapter was chartered in 2005.

[AlphaFrog]

Nope, I don't think it's a good idea....our slate passed with one person in a job that people didn't want her in but we all know how much of a pin it is to go through individual postions so we passed it anyway... (although I don't think anyone else wanted the postion anyway)

[azdtaxi]

I do not like our slating process at all. We aren't even suppose to tell people what we would like to be. Of course with all girls there is always talk.

[Glitter650]

I *Pretty* much like our election process... but I think I'd like some qualifications placed on certain positions

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Here are the positives of slating:

1. Helps NM's know who may be good for a position if they don't know the older women well enough to vote on their own.

2. Encourages girls to run who may be too shy to otherwise.

I'll come back to the negatives later.

[astroAPhi]

I like the slating system. We do it the same way you did/do, 33girl, but we also let the membership have input before we do slate. I was head of Nominations Committee this past year and it was a great experience. And I'd like to think that we did a pretty good job because there was only like 3 positions that ended up differently than we slated people.

[sageofages]

Actually, if your organization using Robert's Rules of Order as it is parlimentary authority, Slating is what you do.

Robert's Rules indicates slating through a nominating committee is the preferred manner to achieve the highest possible individual to perform a position.

After a slate has been presented, then nomination by petition or from the floor is called for, in order to have a "contested" election.

In my experience, 99.999999% of the time, you are fortunate to have a full slate, let alone a contested election.

[33girl]

Originally posted by sageofages
In my experience, 99.999999% of the time, you are fortunate to have a full slate, let alone a contested election.

Do you mean as far as getting people to run???

[sageofages]

Originally posted by 33girl
Do you mean as far as getting people to run???

yes

[DeltaBetaBaby]

This can be the case in chapters where holding office may require a girl to live in the house beyond her ordinary obligation.

[Senusret I]

Bumping because I wanted to know what role (if any) advisors play in slating potential officers? I didn't want to make any assumptions based on recent posts I've read.