NCSM - NCSM By-Laws Article IV

NCSM By-Laws Article IV

Revised April, 2008

Article IV Nominations and Elections
Sect. 1:	Regional Directors shall normally serve three-year terms and shall be elected in a rotating pattern so that no more than four Directors are elected in any year.
Sect. 2:	For the purpose of preparing a ballot of nominees for elective offices of NCSM, each year the President shall appoint, with the approval of the Board, a Nominations Committee Chairperson. Each year the Chairperson shall appoint the Nominations Committee. The Committee shall include one member per region.
Sect. 3:	The call for nominations shall occur through appropriate communications, including the annual meeting, the NCSM Web site and the two Newsletters prior to the call for the deadline of the nominations, and shall include an abbreviated job description for each office to be filled. All members wishing to make nominations for the offices to be filled shall submit the nominees' names to the Committee no later than May 15. Biographical information on all nominees shall be requested for the Committee to select two or more candidates for each position and secure their agreement to fulfill the duties of these positions. The list of candidates for each open position and online voting information shall be included in the Newsletter and posted on the Web site no later than September 15. A notification of election postcard will be mailed to members in good standing as of August 15. The ballots shall be counted and the results made known to the candidates by November 15 and then announced to the general membership.
Sect. 4:	To be counted, ballots must be submitted and received no later than the due dates specified by the Nominations Committee. These dates shall be selected to enable the Committee to meet the schedule described in Article IV, Section 3 of the By-Laws.
Sect. 5:	No member shall hold more than one elective office at a time, and no member shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms in the same elective office.
Sect. 6:	Voting for Regional Directors shall be restricted to those NCSM members whose mailing address is in the region.
Sect. 7:	In case of a tie vote, the Nominations Committee Chairperson shall break the tie by means of a drawing.

Article I: Board of Directors Article II: Duties of Officers Article III: Committees Article IV: Nominations and Elections Article V: Membership Dues Article VI: Amendments