Shul politics are made worse still by the unwritten rule that you really can't campaign for the job. you simply put your name in nomination and wait. Although I wonder if the newcomer wasn't campaigning in some fashion.

I certainly have no intent of letting anyone appoint me again if a vacancy opens. I don't want to be Gerald Ford.

But since the new officers are usually picked by the outgoing officers - there has never been a single contested officer position in my years at the shul - I might be approached for that. They often pick people who while competent are either not people persons or not sure about the job and defer to former officers. But I wouldn't accpet that in any case. Too much work.