{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Committee Room","title":"Choosing your Committee","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3d4f7646\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":773,"description":"It's AGM night. Four usual suspects nominate each other, a hand shoots up from someone nobody's seen in two years, and seven people are declared elected to stilted applause. Six months later, everyone's wondering why everything has gone sideways.In this episode, Kate H and Kate M make the case for ditching nominations from the floor forever — and walk through the eight-step election process that gets the right people in the room: informed candidates, proper voting, a returning officer, and a result the whole membership can trust. Plus staggered terms, term limits, and the uncomfortable truth about past presidents.Show notes, election checklist and candidate statement template at thecommitteeroom.com.au","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3KhiTf_Rg9u2Mabpnojtt9QRRB8v_oHBmz7df_bAv4w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNTAy/YTFiMTEyNTI0ZGE0/YzBlNDIyMTkwNjE3/ZGRjYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}