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Two Way Governance: Presentation 18
If the Chairperson is standing for
election at this AGM, he or she has to
stand down from chairing the meeting.
The person who takes over running the
meeting is the
Returning Officer
– the
person who counts the votes.
Depending on the rules, the
Chairperson then asks for people to
nominate (put their names forward) to
be Board members.
Once the members are elected, the
Returning Officer asks for nominations
for Executive – Chairperson, Deputy
Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer.
If the Public Officer is an elected
member, there needs to be a
nomination for this position too.
In some organisations this happens every two years; in others half
the Board gets elected every year.
If there is only one nomination for each position, the Returning Officer can declare (make a
statement) that the Executive has been elected.