Candidate Endorsement

Screening Process

 

• Questionnaires are sent to the candidates with a completion date & notice that an interview appointment will be scheduled.

• A diverse screening team of 5-10 club members meet and interview candidate(s) in-person (preferred); phone interviews/zoom are allowed in certain situations. This same team must interview all candidates in a particular race for consistency in scoring.

• Teams review candidates questionnaires, websites, financial viability, social media sites, professional organization memberships and involvement, community involvement etc.

• At the end of each screening interview, team members individually fill in score sheets and write up a summary review of each candidate.

• Interviews are 30-45 minutes.

• After completion of all candidate interviews for a race, scores from the individual score sheets are entered on a spreadsheet. The candidate with the top numerical score receives the screening committee endorsement for that particular race.

• If two candidates have a score within 1.5% of each other, we then look at positions each candidate was placed in rank order by each screener. If a candidate received both the high score and the most #1 rankings they receive BADM endorsement. If one candidate receives the highest score but another candidate received the most #1 rankings, the endorsement team can recommend a dual endorsement.

• We then bring our selected candidates to the BADM membership at our general meeting for a vote.