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From: Allen Richmond <Scioto(a)Scioto.Org>
To: <USGENWEB-ALL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 10:17 AM
Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] Re: USGW Bylaws Amendment Proposal: Article XVII
(followup)
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.
___________________________________
Since our colleague in COGenWeb, Mary Ann Hetrick, has put forth the
above-outlined Bylaw Amendment, OHGenWeb withdraws its placement request
and instead puts forth its co-sponsorship of this amendment proposal.
(COGW's proposal was posted this morning, prior to OHGW's sending.)
OHGenWeb continues to invite our colleague state projects to consider
the above bylaw and participate by co-sponsoring this amendment for the
pending election 01-31 Jul 2000. Four colleague state projects are now
required for placement on the pending election ballot to be brought
forth for the USGenWeb Coordinators' consideration, per current USGW
bylaws (
http://www.usgenweb.org/official/bylaws.html).
Allen Richmond
State Coordinator, OHGenWeb Project
31 May 2000 - 1317 EDT
______________________________________________________________________
Allen Richmond
. Scioto(a)Scioto.Org
OHGenWeb Project State Coordinator
.
http://Scioto.Org/OHGenWeb/
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