BOG Voting Requirements

[BOOM 8,408]

Just a general question. Is it a requirement for BOG members to vote for awards etc? Looking at last season, only 11 voted. Am I reading that incorrectly? 

[Gustav 6,097]

Something to note: commissioners and blues have traditionally stayed out of voting--so I think most people who are in a position to vote and are actually active in BoG did indeed vote. The staff section of the forum is somewhat misleading on who's going to be involved in voting. In that section, 7 members are current/former blues, while one or two weren't active when we voted and another two weren't even part of BoG at the time. That actually leaves 11 members--at most--who should be expected to vote in the first place.

 

...so, actually, voter turnout was quite good.

 

As far as your question goes: it depends what you mean by "requirement". Are BoG members penalized in any way for not voting? No. Is it expected that you do vote? Yes. I do think that repeated non-participation should be met with some form of warning/removal/replacement, but it's kind of a "you should care enough to do it" type of deal at the moment. 

 

[Josh 1,598]

This makes it a bit more obvious, generally only the people in the first section are involved in voting for awards.