Each year during March, qualified candidates will be interviewed by the nominating committee.
The nominating committee will make its decision based on the written application, the interview and their own knowledge and inquiries. The committee shall nominate the best qualified Rotarian who is available to serve as Governor and not be limited to those names submitted by clubs in the district.
The nominating committee will reach a decision usually shortly following the final interview and shall then inform the District Governor of its recommendation within 24 hours of reaching its decision. The District Governor shall notify clubs in writing of the name and club of the nominee within 3 days. As a matter of courtesy, the chair of the nominating committee will usually inform candidates of the decision of the nominating committee at an earlier stage.
RI Bylaw 12.030 sections 7 to 9 outline the procedure for challenges to the decision of the nominating committee.
12.030.7. Challenging Candidates.
Any club in the district in existence for at least one year as of the beginning of that year may also propose a challenging candidate for governor-nominee, but only if it previously suggested the candidate to the nominating committee. A club in existence for less than one year as of the beginning of that year may propose a challenging candidate if the candidate is a member of that club and was already suggested to the nominating committee. The name of the challenging candidate shall be submitted by a resolution of the club adopted at a regular meeting and filed with the governor by the date set by the governor, which shall be within 14 days of notification of the selection for governor nominee.
12.030.8. Concurrence to Challenges.
The governor shall inform all clubs through a form prescribed by RI of any challenging candidate and ask whether any club concurs with the challenge. In order to concur, a club must adopt a resolution at a regular meeting and file it with the governor by the date set by the governor. A valid challenge requires concurrences by either:
(a) 10 other clubs; or
(b) 20 percent of the total number of clubs which have been in existence for at least one year as of the beginning of that year in that district,
(b) 20 percent of the total number of clubs which have been in existence for at least one year as of the beginning of that year in that district,
whichever is higher. A club shall concur with only one challenging candidate.
12.030.9. Challenging Nominations.
Within seven days after the deadline, the governor shall notify clubs that there is a valid challenging candidate. The notice shall include the name and qualifications of each challenging candidate, the names of the challenging and concurring clubs, and state that the candidates will be voted on in a club ballot or at the district conference, if the challenge remains valid for 30 days after the notice by the governor.
