Karen Luke

Section 3 - 1st Vice President The 1s Vice President shall assume all duties of the President in the absence of the President as provided in Article IV, Section 4 (c) of the Constitution; shall serve as the Grievance Chairperson and any other duties as the President designates. In the event that the Is Vice President cannot assume the duties of the Grievance Chairperson, another member will be appointed, by the President, to said position. The stipend for the I*Vice President will be split as follows: ½ to 1$ Vice President and ½ to Grievance Chairperson. The Budget Committee will determine the stipend amounts for all positions. In the absence of the President and Treasurer, the Is Vice President shall be the second signer on all checks drawn upon the regular checking account. Adopted 2/13/08 Section 4 - 2nd Vice President In the absence of the Is Vice President, the 2nd Vice President presides and performs the duties of the Is Vice President during his/her absence or when circumstances make it necessary to assume the duties of the Is Vice President. The 2nd Vice President shall serve as the Membership Chairperson and perform any other duties as the President designates. In the event that the 2nd Vice President cannot assume the duties of the Membership Chairperson, another member will be appointed by the President to the said position. The stipend for 2nd Vice President will be split as follows: ½ to 2nd Vice President and ½ to Membership Chairperson. The Budget Committee will determine the stipend amount for all positions. Adopted 2/13/08 Question: section 4 Where it states,” in the event the 2nd Vice President cannot assume the duties of the Membership Chairperson, another member will be appointed by the president to the said position” I interpret that to mean, the president can appoint a Membership Chair( since by laws clearly states he can appoint committee chairs) , not appoint the 2nd vp position. Am I correct in my assessment?

Section 4: (a) Officers of the Association shall serve their elected terms so long as they satisfactorily perform the duties of their oftice (b) An officer accused of misconduct or gross negligence of duty shall be entitled to due process by an impartial committee of the Executive Committee. (i) Recommendation for recall can be made by submission of petition containing the signatures of 85% of membership to the Executive Committee. (ii) The Executive Committee shall notify in writing any officer who has been recommended for recall. (ini) Any officer may appeal in writing to the Executive Committee. (iv) The executive Committee shall scheduled hearings, whenever necessary, to review the recommendation of recall of an officer. (v) The report of those hearings shall be made available to the membership (vi) A general membership meeting shall be called two weeks after the issuance of the report. (vi) Such recall shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership in attendance at said meeting. (c) An officer found guilty of misconduct or gross negligence of duty, after due process, shall be removed from office & will never be allowed to serve in any future elected capacity.

ARTICLE V - EXECUTIVE BOARD Section : The executive Board shall be composed of the following: (a) Otticers of the Association. (h) 'The Immediate Past President. (c) Six members from the certiticated statt. (d) One member from each of the other job units as defined in the By Laws. (e) One Member-At-Large to be elected. (I) Alternate Representauves as described in the by Laws Section 2: A member of the Executive Board found guilty of misconduct or gross negligence of duties after due process, in accordance with the brlaws shall be removed from their position. The Alternate Representative shall be instructed by the Representative Council to assume the position of the Regular Representative being removed. Replacement for the Alternative Representative shall be appointed by the Executive Board subject to the approval of the Representative Council. Provisions covering the Officers are found in Article IV. Section 4. The Immediate Past-President, if found guilty as such, shall be removed from the Executive Board. Section 3: The Executive Board shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Association between its business meeting, fix the hour and place of meetings, make recommendations to the Association, and perform such other duties as are specified in the Bylaws. The Board shall be subiect to the orders of the Representative Council. and none of its acts shall contlict with the action taken b Kenresentative Council Section 4: The term for the members of the Executive Board shall be two (2) vears and shall commence on September 1 of the first year and end on August 31 of the second year. The terms shall be staggered as prescribed in the Bylaws. No member of the Executive board shall serve more than three (3) consecutive terms in one position. When no replacement has been elected, a member of the Board may continue to serve beyond the prescribed term until such successor has been elected. Exempted from these provisions is the position for Immediate past President (C) An active member who has served their ) consecutive terms in the same position. on the

Nothing on vacancies. President can only appoint chairs to committees. executives do not have power to appoint. again, the only this stated, officers are elected by membership.

The question is not for president-it is for the vacated 2nd vp, since 2nd vp moved up to 1st vp (due to passing of person). so, the answer would be an election by members should decide the position, since our bylaws clearly states that officers are elected by membership. Correct?

So, the vacated 2nd VP position, since they were moved up to 1st VP, shall be filled, how? our constitution and bylaws clearly states, all officers are to be elected by membership. But, in Roberts Rules, it does state, you move to the next vote getter for position, and that will suffice in allowing membership voice through vote. We have some executives, that were appointed , rather than elected, which all creates a problem-for them to solely appoint, since it was the sitting president that appointed them into position. Now what?

Our bylaws clearly state, that officers are elected by membership. In the past, our local had the president appoint vacated officer positions. Due to retirement, resignation, illness...Even though what they did in the past was wrong. Our 1st vp passed away. When he ran for office, he ran unopposed. The president moved 2nd vp up to 1st vp. Rather than have the president (who only has 8 months in office left) APPOINT a person who never ran for any office EVER-shouldn't that position (2nd VP) filled by the next vote getter for that position (2nd VP) -Which by the way, only lost by 20 votes and held that position for 4 years previously.