2009 Endorsement Procedures

I have posted the proposed endorsement procedures for the June 18th meeting.

The following changes are being proposed from the version we used in January:

The date of the General Endorsement meeting is being moved to our September meeting. There are several reasons for this. First, this is only two days after the August 18th Primary, and we might not have all of the results. Also, the extra cost for using Olympic View Elementary School means that we are moving to the Olympic View Church. This is a smaller facility, and a full Endorsement Meeting would not work. We're planning some other things for the Agenda in August, and I hope we'll see a good crowd. But we really do need the school for a full sized meeting.

Another change is that we would like to change who can speak during the Endorsement meeting. We have had a tradition of only allowing members to speak, which has left some candidates out. So instead, we would like to give 3 minutes to each endorsement motion. The nomination and seconding of the nomination must be done by a member, but they would be able to give their time to the candidate if they wish.

If you have any comments about these proposed changes, please post a comment below and we'll see you on June 18th!