Bylaws - Article IV

ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS

Section 1. Elected Officers of the Board of Directors
The elected officers of ASBA shall be known as the Board of Directors and shall consist of the following: President, President-elect, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, the Immediate Past President and fourteen (14) Directors, one from each region.

Section 2. Duties
This Board shall perform the duties as prescribed in the Bylaws and by the parliamentary authority adopted by ASBA.

Section 3. Governance
The Board of Directors of ASBA shall govern the affairs of ASBA by authorization of the annual Delegate Assembly.

Section 4. Nomination and Election of Officers; Term of Office
A. Persons desiring to serve as President-elect, Vice President, or Secretary-Treasurer shall submit a “Declaration of Intent” form to the President of ASBA, with a copy to the Executive Director, at least thirty (30) days before the date of the Annual Meeting of the Delegate Assembly. Such forms will be forwarded to the Nominating and Credentials Committee.
B. The Nominating Committee shall present a slate of candidates at the regular annual meeting of the ASBA Delegate Assembly.
1. When making up the slate of nominees, the Nominating Committee shall ascertain that each nominee has sufficient time remaining in his/her term on his/her local board to complete the term of office for which he/she is to be nominated.
2. After the Nominating Committee has reported, the presiding officer shall ask for nominations from the floor.
3. The same condition with regard to the term on the local board applies to nominees named from the floor, except the source of information shall be a signed declaration of intent from the floor by the proposed nominee.
4. Regardless of the number of board members present, only one vote may be cast by the official delegate. Only delegates present at the time of voting shall be permitted to vote.
5. The elections will be by written ballot, except that, when there is only one nominee for each office, the election may be by voice vote.
6. Candidates receiving a majority of votes shall be declared elected.
C. President, President-elect, Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer will serve only one term in each respective position, unless filling an unexpired term. The President-elect shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Delegate Assembly and shall automatically accede to the presidency at the next annual meeting. The Vice President and the Secretary-Treasurer also shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Delegate Assembly. Terms of office are one year, or until their successors are elected.
D. Upon expiration of an officer’s term of office on his/her local board, he/she shall cease to be eligible for office in ASBA, with the exception of the Immediate Past President.

Section 5. Nomination and Election of Regional Directors; Term of Office
A. Local school board members desiring to serve as a Regional Director of ASBA shall submit a Nomination Form (available on the ASBA website) from their local school boards.
B. The Nomination Form shall be provided to the President of ASBA with a copy to the Executive Director. This letter must be received fourteen (14) days before the Regional Meeting in which the election will be held.
C. For an initial term as a Regional Director, the Nomination Form shall include verification on behalf of a candidate that he/she has sufficient time left in his/her local board term to fulfill a full, three-year term as an ASBA Director, or the length of time sufficient to fill the remainder of an unexpired term.
D. Nominations will be presented at the Regional Meeting. The presiding officer shall ask for nominations from the floor and ascertain the eligibility of the nominee regarding remaining term of office. Those in attendance constitute a quorum. Regardless of the number of member-board members present at the Regional Meeting, only one vote may be cast by each member-board.
E. Regional Directors from the fourteen (14) regions shall be elected to serve staggered, three-year terms. No Regional Director shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms unless appointed and/or elected to fill an unexpired term.

Section 6. Attendance Requirement
An Officer or Director absent for three regular meetings in a period of one annual term may have his/her position declared vacant by a vote of the Board of Directors.

Section 7. Director Vacancy
Any vacancy of a Regional Director shall be filled by the Executive Committee. The appointee shall serve until the next Fall Regional Meeting, at which time an election will be held for the remainder of the term.

Section 8. Officer Succession
In the event of a vacancy in the office of President-elect, the Vice President shall serve until the next Annual Meeting of the Delegate Assembly, at which time a President and President-elect both shall be elected. If a vacancy in the office of Vice President or Secretary-Treasurer occurs, the Board shall appoint from its own membership an officer pro tempore to serve until the next election of the Delegate Assembly.

Section 9. Compensation
Elected officers, committee members, and Regional Directors serve without compensation, except that actual expenses incurred in the performance of duties shall be paid by ASBA.

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ARTICLE III – MEMBERS

ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS

ARTICLE V – DUTIES OF OFFICERS

ARTICLE VI – MEETINGS

ARTICLE VII – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

ARTICLE VIII – COMMITTEES

ARTICLE IX – PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

ARTICLE X – DISSOLUTION/DISPOSITION OF ASSETS

ARTICLE XI – AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS

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