{"id":747,"date":"2018-08-03T15:05:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/?p=747"},"modified":"2021-08-18T11:34:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T16:34:33","slug":"media-related-rep-special-election-called-off-after-membership-bucks-board-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/media-related-rep-special-election-called-off-after-membership-bucks-board-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Media-related rep special election called off after membership bucks board decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MAYA KING<\/span>
\n<\/span>NABJ Monitor<\/span><\/p>\n

DETROIT \u2014NABJ members acted swiftly Friday, reversing course on an earlier decision by the board of directors to hold a special election for the media-related representative\u2019s race.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Plans for the special election were called off, and the NABJ media-related members who had not yet cast a vote\u00a0were instructed to vote for their representative by 5 p.m. Friday. <\/span>Via Twitter, NABJ declared a tie between Terry Allen and Tanzi West Barbour, stating: \u201cAll eligible voters will be notified of next steps.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Those steps were not made available as of press time. <\/span><\/p>\n

The media-related representative serves as a liaison between the board and the members of NABJ who work in public relations and other media-adjacent professions. <\/span><\/p>\n

During Friday\u2019s business meeting, the move to call off the special election for that position came after some heated discussion. <\/span><\/p>\n

NABJ members and board members\u30fcparticularly those who did not attend Monday\u2019s board of directors meeting\u30fcraised questions about the rationale for the special election, which had been set for Aug. 13-20.<\/span><\/p>\n

Board members had decided to hold a special election after Haniyyah Sharpe-Brown, a mentor with the 2018 Student Projects public relations team, pulled out of the race. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sharpe-Brown ended her campaign on July 10 after being informed that the sponsorship she received from the student project\u30fcwhich covers travel, food and lodging for students and mentors\u30fccould represent a conflict of interest. <\/span><\/p>\n

Despite Sharpe-Brown\u2019s withdrawal, her name was left on the ballot and her resignation wasn\u2019t noted on the online ballot for 17 days. That left some board members concerned about votes cast for her while she was no longer an official candidate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sharpe-Brown remained on the ballot through the election with a stipulation outlining her withdrawal from the race. Terry Allen and Tanzi West Barbour also remained on the ballot. West is the CEO of 1016 Media and a senior account executive for FedEx Services. Barbour is the chief communications officer of Wayfinder Foundation. <\/span><\/p>\n

On Friday, former NABJ President Vanessa Williams introduced the motion to rescind the board\u2019s decision to hold a special election. Founder Sheila Brooks seconded the motion and it passed with a vote of 22-10. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn elections, people do drop out, but they don\u2019t scrap the whole election and start all over,\u201d Williams said. \u201cTo change the rules in the middle of an election is just bad practice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The hastiness of the vote offended some members who said allowing a small group to make major decisions on the final day of the election could cause confusion or result in lower voter turnout. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am not in favor of the membership being able to rescind a board vote,\u201d said former NABJ President Herbert Lowe. \u201cTwenty-two people saying that they\u2019re speaking for a membership of 3,000\u30fcthat\u2019s not representative of [the entire body].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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