@JimmyT said:
…Self nomination, however, is different under NSW law. Self nomination, however, is different under NSW law. You can’t nominate yourself if you are a co-owner (but your co-owner can nominate you provided they aren’t standing for election). [Edited]
In the ACT there is virtually no guidance or requirements on how an EC election is to be conducted. Self-nomination is not prohibited. In practice, by tradition, our general meeting have always had EC candidates nominated and that nomination seconded before being considered.
Most often we have 7 or fewer nominees and the chair just calls for a vote to appoint all nominees as the EC. I only recall one occasion when someone was nominated but did not get on the EC. That year someone wrote on his proxy form that his proxy was directed to vote against me and one other EC member if we were to stand again. For this reason, the chair called for a vote on each member one by one. I was re-elected that year along with my colleague on the EC but a third person did not get majority support to join the EC.
We also have a tradition that has no basis in the Act but it serves us well: We have 5 distinct areas on a large site and the chair generally calls for nominations area by area. The intention is to encourage the formation of committees with at least one ‘representative’ of each area. It does not always work out. Often there will be at least one area from which no-one has been nominated. However, most of the time it works out so that most people live close to at least one EC member and are more likely to know that person already.
The geographic spread of EC members also means that some matter that needs attention is more likely to be noticed sooner by someone on the committee or brought to their attention.