In addition the NC is charged with conducting the NC meeting as set forth in the Standing Rules by Article IX, section 6 of the By-Laws and the Chairman of the NC conducted the meeting in accordance with those rules, as he was charged with doing. The ambiguity was brought to light, not in the setting for the NC meeting being conducted by the Standing Rules, but, by the full EC. The NC Chairman then requested the new vote of the NC at the later date.

"ARTICLE IX
Section 6. Nomination procedures are Standing Rules. The procedures
shall be contained in the Executive Council approved Official
Nomination Procedures document and this document shall be published
in the AMA general membership publication at least 90 days prior to the
annual Nominating Committee meeting."

To some, procedural protocol is apparently unimportant, but is the correct way to conduct business, in my opinion. It is also my opinion that the NC did a great job with a bad situation, on all counts.

JR