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Bouma introduced the item saying that succession plans should be discussed in light of <br />student members and leadership who would soon be cycling off. <br /> <br />Trueblood recommended that the Chair be an elected official. <br /> <br />Monast agreed and said that it would be good to have an elected official as either the Chair <br />or Vice-Chair. <br /> <br />Schnitzer also agreed, saying that it would help give legitimacy when seeking approval for <br />future actions and communications. <br /> <br />Kaufman asked how much work is it to be a leader of this group and how much should we <br />expect going forward? <br /> <br />Marcoplos answered that it does take time, but the time investment should not be a major <br />concern. He also said that he likes the idea of having a non-elected official represented in a <br />strong way, so that elected officials don’t dominate the discussions. <br /> <br />Trueblood offered that the Chair and Co-chair could consist of one elected leader and one <br />community leader. <br /> <br />Marcoplos said that the Co-chair or Vice-Chair role has participated in behind the scenes <br />discussions and is an important role. <br /> <br />Trueblood said that she is not sure we need a nominating committee, just make <br />nominations the month before. Make nominations and vote. Especially now that we have <br />so many committees. Especially since we are defining elected officials and community <br />members. <br /> <br />Marcoplos respectfully offered an opposing view, saying that the committee could be and <br />was an effective way to take away stumping for positions, and avoids people getting only <br />few votes at a meeting, while still reflecting the will of the Board. <br /> <br />DuBose offered that in last few years OWASA Board has decided that their whole board is <br />nominating committee instead of a smaller group. This makes for a more awkward process <br />but gives more transparency. That said, they are not as large a group. For this group it could <br />be more awkward. The nominating committee worked well. <br /> <br />Marcoplos responded saying that process is what the Council did list time, and maybe what <br />he is proposing is a polling committee instead of a nominating committee. The Council <br />overall could nominate in a public setting and then this committee could work to <br />determine who has the most support before the Council then votes to adopt their <br />recommendation. <br /> <br />DuBose and Kaufman agreed that this process worked well for the Council. <br /> <br />Trueblood indicated she would be happy to go either way. <br /> <br /> <br />Marcoplos said we would try this process again this time. <br />