Article I Nomination and Election
of Directors and Officers
Section 1
- A nominating committee shall annually be appointed by
the President for the
nomination of qualified members to be officers and directors of
the club, such nominating
committee shall be composed of the three most immediate past presidents
(still members of the
club), the president, and the president-elect.
Section 2 - The names of
all members nominated as officers and board members as selected
by the
nomination committee shall be read at each of the three (3) regular
meetings of the club held immediately prior to the annual meeting,
and any member being placed in nomination from the floor for any
such office shall have his\her name read at any and all of the
said three (3) regular meetings that might be held after his\her
name has been placed in nomination.
Section 3 - The nominations
duly made shall be voted on at the annual meeting. The candidates
for
president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer receiving
a majority of the votes shall be declared
elected to their respective offices. The five (5) candidates for
director receiving a majority of the votes shall be declared elected
as directors. The president elected in such balloting shall serve
as a member of the board as president-elect for the year commencing
on the first day of July next following the election, and shall
assume office as president on the first day of July immediately
following the year of service on the board as president-elect.
Section 4 - The officers
and directors so elected; together with the immediate past-president
constitute the board and shall take office on the 1 July immediately
following his/her election, and shall serve for the period of
his/her election or until his/her successor shall have been elected
and qualified. All officers shall serve for a term of one (1)
year with the exceptions that the Secretary and Treasurer may
be elected to office annually for not more than six (6) annual
terms. Each officer and director shall be an active, including
additional active, senior active or a past service member in good
standing of this club.
Section 5 - A vacancy in
the board of directors or any office shall be filled by action
of the remaining members of the board.
Section 6 - A vacancy in
the position of any officer-elect or director-elect shall be filled
by action of the remaining members of the board of directors-elect.
Section 7 - Any director,
whether or not an officer, may be removed with or without cause
at a regular meeting of the members by a vote of a majority of
the members entitled to vote for the election of board members.
Such vote shall be by written ballot.
Article II Board of Directors
The governing body of this club shall be the 'board
of directors
consisting of eleven (11) members of this club, namely, five (5)
directors elected in accordance with
article I, section 3, of these bylaws, the president, vice-president,
president-elect, secretary, treasurer, and the immediate past
president.
Article III Duties of Officers
Section 1 - President. It shall be the
duty of the president to preside at meetings of the club and board
and to perform such other duties as ordinarily pertain to the
office of president.
The president shall serve on the nominating committee as provided
in Article I hereof.