Amended Article 4

Article IV Board of Directors

Section 3 Terms of Office

  • a) Board members shall be elected for three (3) year terms.
  • b) Board members may not succeed themselves in consecutive three (3) year terms.
     Re-election is allowed after a waiting period of two (2) years.
    • c) Terms of office shall begin January 1 and shall terminate December 31.
      • d) Five (5) new lay Board members and one (1) clergy member will be elected each year.
      • e) The Secretary and Treasurer shall serve terms of one (1) year, and may succeed themselves two (2) times.
  • Section 4 Election of Board Members
  • Board members are elected by the Community.
      • a) The Nominating Committee, beginning March 1 of each year, shall solicit nominations, in writing, from the Community for lay and clergy members of the Board. No nominations shall be received by the Committee after August 15, unless the Board grants an extension.
      • b) A notice will be placed on the Richmond Emmaus website listing the qualifications for Board Members, the date nominations are due, and the person to whom nominations are to be delivered.
      • The Nominating Committee shall contact each nominee to confirm his/her willingness and eligibility to serve as a member of the Board.
      • The Nominating Committee shall announce the slate of nominees at the October Gathering and will post (1) nominations to the Community website along with (2) the time of election, which shall be at the November Gathering.
      • At the November Gathering, the slate of nominees proposed by the Nominating Committee shall be read into nomination.
      • At the conclusion of nominations, if the number of nominees is equal to the number of vacancies, the nominees shall be elected by voice vote by the Community.
      • If the number of nominees exceeds the number of vacancies, the election shall be conducted by written ballot. Each Community member shall vote for the number of nominees equal to number of vacancies being filled, but may not cast more than one vote per nominee. The nominees who receive the most votes will be elected to fill the vacancies on the Board.

Article VII Standing Committees

    • Section 4 Nominating Committee consisting of five (5) persons shall be selected by the Board for a one-year tem commencing March 1 of each year and terminating February 28 of the following year.

 
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