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Elections

  1. Unique officer positions are assigned by election.

  2. Elections will be held once a year at the spring meeting, or at the first meeting after a position is vacated, whichever is sooner.

  3. Any member of the organization is eligible to run for office.

  4. Quorum for elections shall be half of the membership or a minimum of five members. Members can explicity decline to vote by notifying the Secretary; these members will not count against quorum.

  5. A member is elected to an officer position if he or she wins a majority of voting members.

  6. If more than two people are running and no one wins a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes will be dropped from the ballot and votes will be recast.

  7. The term of office is one year, from spring meeting to spring meeting.

  8. An officer can be removed by a two-thirds vote of members, with quorum as elections. An election to fill the position should be held immediately.



Katherine H. Allen 2003-08-30