BYLAWS
(B) Balloting
The President will then cause written ballots to be mailed
to the Regular Members of each region, which ballot shall
contain the names of the nominees of their region and the
date by which the ballot must be received by the Association
or its designee in order to be counted. Write in votes shall be
allowed.
(C) Counting Procedure
The nominee in each region receiving the highest number of
votes cast in the region shall be elected. If a region has more
than one directorship open in any election, the nominee
receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected
and so on until all directorships are filled. If a tie occurs
between two or more nominees where only one directorship
is available, a run-off shall be held and the nominee receiving
the most votes cast shall be elected.
(D) Recall
To recall a Director elected from a region, a petition signed
by twenty (20) percent of the Regular Members residing in
that region, shall be addressed to the President who shall
cause a secret ballot to be mailed to each voting member
residing in that region. The incumbent Director shall be
notified upon receipt of the petition, and shall be notified of
the result of the ballot.
Section 5, Vacancies
A vacancy created for any Regional Director because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise may be filled
by a majority vote of the Board of Directors for the unexpired
portion of term. (Amended 2-21-03, effective 01-04)
Section 6, Meetings
(A) Annual Board Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held
immediately following the Annual Meeting of the members.
No notice shall be required for such meeting. The Board of
Directors may provide for other regular meetings at stated
times and places.
(B) Special Meetings
Special Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held
whenever called at the direction of the President or by a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors.
(C) Telephone Conference Meetings
The Board of Directors may conduct any meeting, other
than the Annual Board Meeting, by telephone.
(D) Notice
Notice of each meeting of the Board of Directors, other than
the regular Annual Board Meeting, shall be given by mail,
telephone or other verifiable means to each Director at least
three (3) days before the meeting.
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