I vote yes on Patrick's Amendment
Pauli
The Comments peroiod has ended. The voting period has started.
Voting
will
end Friday the 27th. This will give us a six day voting period. Let
me
know
if you want to have COGenWeb sponsor this amendment to the By Laws.
Thank you.
Mary Ann.
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ARTICLE XVII RECALL
SEC. 1. Recall is the power of the members to remove an elective officer
for violation of rules or confidence.
SEC. 2. (a) An Advisory Board Secretary shall be elected at the beginning
of
every Advisory Board term, or when another Advisory Board Secretary
has
resigned, quit or is unable to perform the duties of the office. The
Advisory Board Secretary is to be a non-voting member of the Advisory
Board.
The Advisory Board Secretary is to be chosen from USGenWeb Members
who
are
not members of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board Secretary
shall
keep
minutes for all Advisory Board meetings, which will be posted to
the
National website.
(b) Recall of an Advisory Board Member is initiated by delivering to
the
Advisory Board Secretary a petition alleging reason for recall.
Reasons
for
recall are to be limited to: violation of bylaws, improper handling
of
information and legal/ethical violations.
(c) A recall petition will consist of one or more e-mails containing
the
names and e-mail addresses of those in favor of recall. This
petition
must
be verified to determine validity.
(d) A petition to recall an Advisory Board Member (including the
National
Coordinator, who is also an Advisory Board Member) must be signed by
voting
members equal in number to 20 percent of the last vote for the
office.
Any
Advisory Board Member may be recalled, but only by their own
constituents.
The Advisory Board Secretary shall maintain a continuous count of
the
petition signatures certified to that office, and deliver a report to the
Advisory Board and inform the constituents in question if there are
enough
signatures to force a recall vote.
SEC. 3. (a) An election to determine whether to recall an Advisory Board
Member and, if appropriate, to elect a successor shall be called by the
National Coordinator, or Election Committee Chairman if there is one at
the
time, and held not less than 30 days nor more than 50 days from the
date
of
certification of sufficient signatures. If the National Coordinator
is
unable, and no Election Committee is seated at the time, the Advisory
Board
Secretary shall call for the election and insure all constituents of
the
Member subject to the recall action are notified.
(b) In the event of a proposed recall action against an Advisory Board
Member, nominations will be taken to immediately fill the position
vacated
if the recall vote is successful. The member being recalled is not
eligible
for this nomination.
(c) If the simple majority vote of those voting on the question is to
recall, the Member
is removed and, if there is a candidate to replace the Member, the
candidate
who receives a plurality is the successor. If the recall action
fails,
the
Advisory Board Member retains their position, and the election for
a
successor is declared null and void.
(d) Votes in recall elections are subject to verification by either
the
Advisory Board Secretary or Election Committee, if there is one.
SEC. 4. The Advisory Board Secretary shall provide for circulation,
filing,
and certification of petitions, nomination of candidates, and the
recall
election.
SEC. 5. If recall of the National Coordinator is initiated, the recall
duties of that office shall be performed by the Advisory Board Secretary
or
Election Committee Chairman, if there is one.
SEC. 6. An Advisory Board Member who is not recalled shall not have
another
recall action initiated against the member until six months after
the
election.
SEC. 7. Terms of elective offices provided for by this Article, commence
immediately following the election, and shall last until the term of the
recalled Member expires.
SEC. 8. In the event of conflict between any Other Articles of the
USGenWeb
Bylaws and this Article, this Article shall take precedence.
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