Re: Annual MTG & Elections

["Steve Wise" <swise@aoot.com>]

Procedural question:

What if nobody other than the 3 year encumberant wants to be president?  Can
that person still serve a 4th term?  Or do we fall into anarchy and all
change to HO guys...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Fiebelkorn" <rwf49@hotmail.com>
To: <ttat-members@aoot.com>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 10:20 AM
Subject: Annual MTG & Elections


>
>
> At the last director's meeting we decided to hold the Annual Club Meeting
on
> September 12, 2002 at the Luby's cafeteria on MoPac and Steck Avenue.
We'll
> start gathering at 6:00pm.  An agenda will be sent to you prior to the
> meeting but one of the items will be the election of new board members.
>
> For the past several years we have had volunteers serving as board members
> instead of holding elections.  Since our membership has grown over the
past
> couple of years, the board has decided to try and hold an election this
> year.
>
> At the last board meeting we reviewed the make-up of the current board and
> the amount of time each member has served on the board.  We discovered
that
> Ron had served for 3 years, Jim and Scott for 2 years, and Ira and Buddy
for
> 1 year.  It wasn't by design but this is the exact make-up of the board as
> described in the clubs by-laws.  The by-laws also say that a board member
> cannot server for more than 3 consectutive years.  In order to maintain an
> experienced Board of Directors we also decided that Jim, Scott, Ira, and
> Buddy should finish up their 3 year terms on the board.  After the meeting
> Buddy indicated that if an active member was willing to take his place on
> the board he would vacate his position.
>
> What does all this mean?
>
> The answers:
> 1.  Check your calendar to see if you can make the meeting.
> 2.  We have 2 vacancies on the board, Ron and Buddy.
>
> In order to make sure every member has the opportunity to participate I
will
> be taking nominations/volunteers for the 2 new board member positions
> between now and August 31.  I will then mail out ballots to all members.
The
> ballots can be either sent back to me in the mail or brought to the
meeting.
>   We'll count the ballots and announce the winners at the meeting.   With
> this method you do not have to be at the meeting to be a candidate for the
> board or to vote for the board members.
>
> Let me know if you want to nominate anyone/want to volunteer for the board
> or have any questions.
>
> Thanks--Ron
>
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