Owners' Voice Left Out in Selection of New RC Member

When the Residential Committee vacancy materialized recently it also created a vacancy on the POR Board that the remaining Residential Committee members filled immediately by electing Mr. Biggart to the Residential Committee and then to the Board.  I call this a coup d'état because it is a successful grab for total and absolute power without taking into account in the slightest possible way what is in the best interest of condominium Owners (Residents).

Here is what the two Residential Committee members should have done:  They should have used a process commonly known as merit selection.  First, the remaining members of the Residential Committee should have announced the vacancy; appointed a committee of qualified and disinterested volunteer Residents to serve as a nominating panel who and directed them to (1) screen applicants for the Residential Committee, (2) vet their credentials, and (3) be sure to consider such things as gender and residence-location into account.  (I personally think a woman should have been elected to replace the woman who resigned, but that's merely my opinion.  What do the women Owners say?)

This panel should have been instructed to recommend a short list of candidates (say a minimum of two) to the Residential Committee. The Residential Committee should then have chosen one of the persons vetted by the panel and elected that person to this important office. Wouldn't that feel better than what has happened? 

So there you have it:  We have truly experienced a coup d'état guaranteeing that one person continues to have absolute control of our Association governance. As many so often say, "we get the government we deserve."