6.035 Immediate Past
President
A Regional
Society President, or an acting Regional Society President elected by the
directors pursuant to Section 6.04, shall have the status of Immediate
Past President until the term as Chair of the Committee on Nominations and
Elections expires as outlined under Article VI, Nominations and Elections,
Section 7.03, or from the time s/he leaves office as President or acting
President until the next election of officers. Thereafter, s/he
shall have the status of Past President. The Immediate Past
President shall serve as parliamentarian while in office.
6.036
Directors
The
directors shall have the authority and perform such duties in the
management of the Regional Society as may be provided in the Bylaws and in
SGNA and Regional Society policy.
6.037
Delegates
The
Regional Society Delegate and Alternate Delegate shall represent the
Regional Society to the SGNA House of Delegates Committee. The
Alternate Delegate will be available for seating if a Delegate is not
present. Delegates and Alternate Delegates must be voting members of
the Regional Society.
6.04
Term
6.041
President and President-Elect:
Each elective officer shall serve for two (2) year(s)
or until a successor is elected. The term of office shall begin
January 1. (Optional: No person can be elected to
consecutive terms as President or President-Elect.)
6.042 Secretary and
Treasurer
Elections to
fill the office of Secretary shall be held in odd-numbered years.
Elections to fill the office of Treasurer shall be held in even-numbered
years. Persons elected as Secretary or Treasurer shall hold office
for a term of four (4) years or until their successors are elected.
Persons elected as Secretary or Treasurer shall not be eligible to serve
more than two consecutive terms in that same office.
6.043
Only members serving more
than one-half of a term in the offices of Secretary, Treasurer, or
Director-at-Large shall be considered to have served a full term.
This rule shall not apply to the offices of President and
President-Elect.
6.05
Qualifications
Only
voting members of the Regional Society are eligible to be an elective or
appointed officer of the Regional Society.
6.06
Vacancies
6.061
President:
If the
office of President becomes vacant, the President-Elect shall then become
acting President until the end of the term and shall at that time become
President for the ensuing term.
6.062
President-Elect
If
the office of President-Elect becomes vacant, the vacancy shall be filled
by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board in
office by a currently seated Board member who meets the qualifications of
President-Elect (see Section 7.02) to serve as acting President-Elect
until the end of the term.
6.063 President and
President-Elect
If the
office of President becomes vacant while there is a vacancy in the office
of President-Elect, the Board of Directors shall elect by the affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board in office an acting
President who shall serve only until the end of the term of the
President. Then, at the next regularly scheduled election, a
President and President-Elect shall be elected.
6.064 Other
Vacancies
If the office
of the Secretary or Treasurer becomes vacant, the Board of Directors shall
elect by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board in
office an acting Secretary or Treasurer from among the voting members of
the Regional Society, including the officers and directors.
6.07
Incompatibility
Any
eligible member may serve both as Secretary and Treasurer. No person
may hold any other combination of two offices. any officer may be
chair or a member of any committee.
6.08
Removal
6.081 Officers elected by the membership
may be removed from office by two-thirds vote of the members present at a
membership meeting at which a quorum (see Section 8.04) is present or by
mail ballot as provided for in Article VIII of these Bylaws, if, in the
judgment of the members, the best interests of the Regional Society will
be served thereby.
6.082
Officers elected by the
Board of Directors may be removed by the Board by majority vote of the
directors in office, if, in their judgment, the best interests of the
Regional Society will be served thereby.
6.09
Records
Upon
termination of office for any reason, all officers of the Regional Society
shall deliver all records or other property of the Regional Society to
their successors within 30 days of
termination.
