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  1. "The executive officers shall be elected at the end of the school year and shall serve in office for one year." "The Vice President shall be President-elect."
  2. Elevation is automatic. Each office has a term of 1 year. Many other positions have succeeded themselves after one year (treasurer, secretary, etc.), but NOT vice-president or president because of the elevation clause.
  3. Our association elects a new Vice President every year in late spring for a one year term. He/She then automatically elevates to the position of President the following year. The current VP is thinking of taking a job beginning Fall 2018 that would preclude his ongoing membership in the Association, which means he would also not be able to serve as President next year. Under our Bylaws, any vacancy in an elected position can be filled by President, with the approval of the Executive Board. There are no provisions for special elections, and we have never had a President who was not Vice-President the year before. Assuming the current VP accepts the new position: 1. If he does not resign before the end of this year, does the membership or President even have the power to replace him before his term ends? 2. If he does resign before spring elections, is it proper for the President to appoint a replacement, given that the new appointee would then become president? (the concern is having an unelected President who would have been VP for just a few weeks before elevating to President). 3. Alternately, can we hold a special election to fill the position of President for next Fall, and can we place any restrictions on who may run (e.g. "only past presidents" since they would not need the training that comes with being VP the previous year). Thanks! Paul
  4. Hello: Our constitution and bylaws provide for the election of a treasurer, but the position is not described in any manner. Traditionally, the treasurer has handled the bank account and made disbursements with approval of the Executive Board. Does RROO have default responsibilities for such a position with this title, or is every position "powerless" unless otherwise provided for in the bylaws and constitution?
  5. Our bylaws provide that a person running for any position must garner a majority of votes cast. We have 3 members at large slots and 6 candidates. The results of the election were that one person met the majority threshold and the other 5 did not. We will be having a runoff for the last two slots. The question is: before the runoff, does RROO speak to whether we need to communicate the percentages that the 5 runoff candidates received in the first round of voting?
  6. The President appoints three people to count ballots per our bylaws. Is there anything in RR that prevents the President from being involved in the ballot counting process if he is running for one of the positions being elected? (He is cycling off as president). Some have suggested that no one on the ballot should be involved in the tallying process at all, although our bylaws are silent on this issue.
  7. We are to elect 3 members at large. 6 candidates are running. Our bylaws require that all positions must be won by a majority of votes cast. Because there are three positions, each member may cast three votes. Let's say 1 of the 6 achieves a majority in the first round of voting: do we have another roun with all 5 who did not make the threshold, or is the lowest vote-getter eliminated? Is the answer different if 2 of the six achieves majority the first time through? There is a clause in our bylaws that states that if no one receives a majority, then the top two candidates go to a second round, but that presumes three or more people vying for a single position instead of three slots, which is what we have here.
  8. What if there were only two people running for the second position and there were no write-ins? Would you still need to have a second election for the now uncontested spot?
  9. A person is running for two positions in our ballot election next week. If he wins both positions, I understand he can just decide not to do one or the other. If that happens, does the second place winner in the position he rejected then automatically win that position? Our bylaws are silent on running/winning two positions. Thanks.
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