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Elect an election, pursuant to Article X,
shall be held to elect a President-Elect to
fulfill the remaining term of office. Such
election shall occur at the earliest of an
Annual Meeting or Special Meeting. A
Special Meeting may be called for the
sole purpose of filling such vacancy.
ARTICLE VIII. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number.
The governing body of the Association
shall be the Board which shall be composed
of no less than seventeen (17) nor
more than twenty-one (21) members as
follows: the five (5) officers, no less than
five (5) or more than nine (9) directors
employed by Owner Members, two (2)
most recent Past Presidents willing and
able to serve and who are employed by
an Owner Member, and four (4) directors
who are Associate Members, and the
President of the Product Service Council.
In addition to the regular members of the
Board, all Honorary Life Board Members
shall sit as non-voting members of the
Board.
Section 2. Term.
Elected directors shall serve a term of two
(2) years, unless earlier terminated as provided
herein, and shall be eligible to succeed
themselves, if duly nominated and
elected, for two (2) additional successive
terms.
Section 3. Election.
Directors shall be elected pursuant to Art.
X, Sec. 1 at the Annual Meeting of members
with their term of office automatically
commencing on January 1 of the year
following their election. The Board shall
set rules so that, as nearly as possible, one
half of the Board shall be elected each
year.
Section 4. Qualifications.
The member represented by the Director
must be in good standing at the time of
the Director's nomination and throughout
their term of office. If during a Director's
term of office, the member represented
by the Director is no longer in good standing,
or the Director is not employed by a
member in good standing, the Director
will be automatically terminated from
such directorship unless, within ninety (90)
days, such Director becomes a member
or is employed by a member of the same
membership classification held by the
member represented by the Director at
the time the director was elected.
Section 5. Removal
Any director may be removed from office
after a hearing for cause, by an affirmative
three-fourths (3/4) vote of the entire
membership of the Board. (Revised October
16, 2008)
Section 6. Meetings of the Board.
The President shall serve as presiding officer
of all the meetings of the Board. The
Board shall determine the schedule for
regular meetings each fiscal year at such
places and times as designated by the
Board. No more than one regular meeting
shall occur during a calendar month
unless called by the President.
Special
Meetings of the Board may be called
by the President or upon the executed
petition of five (5) of the members of the
Board. Directors may participate in meetings
by electronic means which allows all
persons in the meeting to hear one another.
Participation
in such a meeting
electronically shall constitute presence in
person at the meeting, except where a
person participates in the meeting for the
express purpose of objecting to the transaction
on the ground that the meeting is
not lawfully called or convened.
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