My impression is that most Council members are fairly happy with the ECF Board as is, but of course this time the elections are a bit more important, given that not everyone is being elected for just 1 year
I'm not sure whther the NED with the highest vote count gets to pick between a 1 and 3 year termElection Rota
“With the adoption of elections for 3 year periods for Directors and Chairmen and Members of Standing Committees, but with elections staggered in order to maintain a level of continuity on the Board and Standing Committees, the election rota set out below will be established commencing at the 2016 AGM.
Post Initial Term from 2016 AGM
President 2 years
Non-Executive Chairman 3 years
Chief Executive 2 years
Director of Finance 1 year
Non-Executive Director 1 1 year
Non-Executive Director 2 3 years
Director of Home Chess 1 year
Director of International Chess 3 years
Director of Junior Chess & Education 2 years
Director of Membership 1 year
Chairman of Governance Committee 2 years
Chairman of Finance Committee 3 years
“Members of Standing Committees shall be elected or re-elected on rotation, as determined by the Standing Committee concerned.
“Subsequent terms shall be 3 years for all posts.
“It is in the interest of Board renewal that no individual should serve continuously in the same post for more than 2 terms commencing from the 2016 elections. There is therefore a strong presumption that service in the same post will be limited to not more than 2 terms thereafter, subject to availability