This amendment has been added to the amendment page at
http://www.usgenweb.org/official/amendments.html
Linda
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MSGenWeb SC
CC/ Listowner Rankin, & Warren
Temp for Montgomery & Sharkey
UIN 279574
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From: <MHet703234(a)aol.com>
To: <STATE-COORD-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 12:55 PM
Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Recall Amendment
The Colorado County Coordinators have voted, and would like to
support the
addition of this amendment to the ballot. I believe that Nebraska also
supports this amendment. Are there any other states out there who are
voting
on this?
Mary Ann Hetrick
SC for the COGenWeb
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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 or 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 at least 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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