Albert Royce

Our by-laws also state "Elections of Directors and Officers shall be by written ballot." It is my understanding that a bylaw stating this can not be set aside (we have not provisions in our by-laws that specifically speak of setting aside any of our by-laws). In my opinion, what the secretary has done by asking that everything be kept as status quo, is to have "jumped over' the election process, essentially "setting aside" the voting by ballot process altogether, as well as our nomination process. Not to mention the fact that this will also affect next year's board members who term would have been expired. We would again have the issue of extending half of our board member's term of office. As you mentioned above, I also mentioned setting the date of the election within 60 days of what would have been the end of our fair but the secretary would not consider it. I feel as if we are Congress, voting ourselves another year to our term, totally ignoring those that elect us. Am I wrong?

In answer to your first question: "The annual meeting of the General Membership shall be held within sixty (60) days after the last day of the Fair, at the call of the President. The purpose of this meeting shall be the election of the Board of Directors and for transacting such business as may come before the Membership." Second question: "Term of office for all elected officers shall be two years or until their successors are elected and qualified. Officers will not be required to stand for election to the Board of Directors until they following General Membership Meeting after their term of office has expired."

Due to the Virus, we had to cancel our annual April event. According to our bylaws, an election of half of our board must be held within 60 days after the end of our annual event. Officer elections are to be held at our first board meeting after the election. Term of service for an officer is two years and term of service for a Board member is two or one year (one year term board member is typically someone who came in as a replacement), unless re-elected. For most of the board members who are up for re-election, they are at the end of their two year term. Our Secretary believes we can just keep everything status quo (since we did not have our annual event) and have the board/officer elections after next year's annual event. Is this allowed per Robert's Rules of Order? Our by-laws also do not include any provisions for setting aside any of the articles.