BOARD

ARTICLE III:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1

The Board of Directors shall consist of fifteen (I 5) members. The voting members shall elect nine (9) for a three-year term of office. A Director may be elected to the same office for no more than two consecutive terms. He or she may, however, repeatedly be elected to return to that office for up to two consecutive terms after at least one term of absence from it. The Board of Directors will be elected on a staggered basis with three members elected every year for a three-year term. The first election shall have three different terms for Board of Directors. Three members shall be elected for one-year term, three members for two-year term and three members for three-year term. The six (6) Officers shall serve as ex-officio members of the Board of Directors. The Officers shall be elected by the membership for no more than two consecutive two year terms and may return to that office for up to two additional consecutive terms after at least one term absence. The Board of Directors shall be the official authority for transacting all necessary business between membership and shall serve as the policy-making body of the CENTER. It shall meet a minimum of once a month. At all meetings, attendance of a simple majority of the Board of Directors members shall constitute a quorum.
It shall be the duty of the President with the input of the Board of Directors to prepare an agenda for each Board of Directors meeting

SECTION 2

The Board of Directors shall be composed of nine (9) elected members in addition to the following (6) officers:

  •  President
  •  First Vice President
  •  Second Vice President
  •  Advocate
  •  Treasurer
  •  Secretary
  •  Nine (9) Directors

SECTION 3

The Board of Directors or its designee(s) shall have the power to hire, negotiate a contract, dismiss or layoff any employee. The Board of Directors shall have the power to hire the Executive Director to conduct the administrative duties of the CENTER.

SECTION 4

No two members of an immediate family may be elected to the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5

No member of the Board of Directors shall be employed by the CENTER.