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Search committee could again submit package of reforms

The Ocean Pines Search Committee, last Friday, discusses previously submitted reforms on its operations.

Pines advisory board also looking for BOD candidates

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor

(March 15, 2018) In its 2017 report, the Ocean Pines Search Committee recommended several changes to the resolution that governs how it operates, but what happened to those recommendations remains unclear.

Although they were considered by the bylaws advisory committee, the suggestions might not have made it to the board of directors.

During a meeting on Friday, committee member Thomas Piatti said he recently compared 2014 and 2017 versions of Resolution M-09.

“They are identical. The changes that we recommended were not adopted at all – nothing,” Piatti said.

The search committee’s job is to solicit candidates for the annual board of directors election and to help with the application process.

Recommendations in the 2017 report included an end date for committee member service, a question on candidate registration forms asking if the applicant is an association employee, and defining the “secretary”referenced in the resolution.

Item six in M-09 states “The Secretary is responsible for verifying the eligibility of candidates in accordance with 5.02(d) of the By-Laws.” Last year there was confusion as to whether that meant former Association Secretary Slobodan Trendic or Michelle Bennett, the executive assistant in the general manager’s office – or, his secretary.

The report also supported having a board liaison, which the directors debated last year without taking action.

Committee member Peggy Turner on Friday said she still supported all of the recommendations.

“They had it, but they didn’t use any of it,” she said. “I thought saying how long the search committee term was, was good because it’s kind of loose-ended,” she said. “And also, spelling out the liaison.”

Piatti said the board still might consider changes to M-09.

“I know that sometimes there’s a lot of work that boards do and if it isn’t started at the committee level, it doesn’t come up,” he said. “Maybe it’s still in play.”

The committee is soliciting candidates for the board of directors. Three seats are available on the seven-member board, with each director serving a three-year term.

This year, the deadline to file is May 10. Applications can be obtained online, from committee members, or in person at the administration building on 239 Ocean Parkway.

To download an application form, visit www.oceanpines.org/forms-docs-cat/board-member-application.