The election of officers, which usually happens after the annual meeting this year.
Two things happened to break with that tradition.
First, the annual meeting had to be postponed because, and this is a first, there weren't enough proxies submitted to constitute a quorum. When the annual meeting was reconvened one of the candidates, who was ultimated elected (with a very narrow margin) was not present.
A special meeting was convened prior to the community meeting where the details of the FY2018 budget were detailed. The purpose was two-fold, to elect officers and to approve two reserve fund projects. The two projects were approved and that left electing the officers for 2017-2018.
I spoke up saying that I was interested in serving as president. Awkwardly I asked the incumbent if she wanted to continue as president. She indicated no she was interested in continuing to served. I should have left it there. I didn't and I regretted it the following day. Suffice it to say there is precedent for past presidents continuing to serve on the Board.
The one other person who was interested in the position of president, spoke of unifying behind a single candidate... Me. So with no opposition I was elected president for the second time during my tenure on the Imperial House Board of Director.
My Achilles heel the last time was the budget, but that work done and all current Board members on the Budget committee are in favor there should be no drama on July 12 when the budget is approved.
This time around I plan to be active and activist. Watch this space for further reflections on this my second go round.
Two things happened to break with that tradition.
First, the annual meeting had to be postponed because, and this is a first, there weren't enough proxies submitted to constitute a quorum. When the annual meeting was reconvened one of the candidates, who was ultimated elected (with a very narrow margin) was not present.
A special meeting was convened prior to the community meeting where the details of the FY2018 budget were detailed. The purpose was two-fold, to elect officers and to approve two reserve fund projects. The two projects were approved and that left electing the officers for 2017-2018.
I spoke up saying that I was interested in serving as president. Awkwardly I asked the incumbent if she wanted to continue as president. She indicated no she was interested in continuing to served. I should have left it there. I didn't and I regretted it the following day. Suffice it to say there is precedent for past presidents continuing to serve on the Board.
The one other person who was interested in the position of president, spoke of unifying behind a single candidate... Me. So with no opposition I was elected president for the second time during my tenure on the Imperial House Board of Director.
My Achilles heel the last time was the budget, but that work done and all current Board members on the Budget committee are in favor there should be no drama on July 12 when the budget is approved.
This time around I plan to be active and activist. Watch this space for further reflections on this my second go round.
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