Confirming a president
How transition members vote in the incoming president during handover.
What it is
During certain transition flows, people in the transition member seat use Confirm president to vote for the incoming president so the singleton president role is assigned cleanly.
What you can do
- Open the confirm-president page when prompted
- Cast your vote for the incoming president
- Change your vote until someone is promoted
- Continue onboarding/role assignment once the seat is settled
Who can do it
Transition members in an active confirmation flow. Ordinary residents do not participate.
Limits and things to know
- This is part of council handover, not a general election tool for every AGM motion.
- Voting needs write access, so you can't vote while your own access is read-only after an AGM, or while the strata's account is read-only because of an unpaid bill.
- Promotion needs a majority of transition members to confirm the same candidate, with a minimum of three matching confirmations.
- If confirmation stalls, an outgoing president, vice president, or treasurer can promote the incoming president directly.
- Confirming or promoting the new president also moves their council term to president (or starts one), moves the outgoing president's term to council member, and clears any pending promotion, all in one step. If someone else changed the candidate first, such as assigning them another role or removing them, the promotion doesn't happen and you're asked to refresh and try again. A vote you just cast is kept.
- After confirmation, the president finishes the remaining role assignments in Settings → People. Move the outgoing vice president and treasurer to another role first. The outgoing president steps down automatically when the new one is confirmed, but they don't: a strata can have only one vice president, and the outgoing treasurer keeps billing access until moved.