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Virginia (Ginger) Cisewski NW-Plains CC Rep --part1_be.49ef023.266805b1_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <cjsnyder@midusa.net> Received: from rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (rly-zc04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.4]) by air-zc05.mail.aol.com (v73.13) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:35:51 -0400 Received: from mail.midusa.net (radius1.midusa.net [216.96.0.2]) by rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (v74.10) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:35:24 -0400 Received: from midusa.net (216096077003.midusa.net [216.96.77.3]) by mail.midusa.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA29948251; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:35:53 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <39367493.EE95E138@midusa.net> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 09:35:00 -0500 From: Connie Snyder <cjsnyder@midusa.net> Organization: NEGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/ X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tstowell@chattanooga.net, jzsed@slic.com, pamreid@home.com, hollyft@bright.net, gingerh@shawneelink.com, richpump@wf.net, TVick65536@aol.com, jfisher@ucla.edu, FEATHER2s@aol.com, MaggieOhio@columbus.rr.com, shari@klondyke.net, jpowelljr@gru.net, pettit@Adobe.COM, betsym@1starnet.com, gbmayfield@tyler.net, RootsLady@email.msn.com, USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: USGW Bylaws Amendment Proposal: Article XVII Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The members of the NEGenWeb Project have voted to co-sponsor this amendment proposal, along with the original sponsor, the COGenWeb Project. Connie Snyder State Coordinator, NEGenWeb Project ________________________________________________ ARTICLE XVII RECALL SEC. 1. Recall is the power of the members to remove an elective officer for violation of rules or confidence. SEC. 2. (a) An Advisory Board Secretary shall be elected at the beginning of every Advisory Board term, or when another Advisory Board Secretary has resigned, quit or is unable to perform the duties of the office. The Advisory Board Secretary is to be a non-voting member of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board Secretary is to be chosen from USGenWeb Members who are not members of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board Secretary shall keep minutes for all Advisory Board meetings, which will be posted to the National website. (b) Recall of an Advisory Board Member is initiated by delivering to the Advisory Board Secretary a petition alleging reason for recall. Reasons for recall are to be limited to: violation of bylaws, improper handling of information or legal/ethical violations. (c) A recall petition will consist of one or more e-mails containing the names and e-mail addresses of those in favor of recall. This petition must be verified to determine validity. (d) A petition to recall an Advisory Board Member (including the National Coordinator, who is also an Advisory Board Member) must be signed by voting members equal in number to at least 20 percent of the last vote for the office. Any Advisory Board Member may be recalled, but only by their own constituents. The Advisory Board Secretary shall maintain a continuous count of the petition signatures certified to that office, and deliver a report to the Advisory Board and inform the constituents in question if there are enough signatures to force a recall vote. SEC. 3. (a) An election to determine whether to recall an Advisory Board Member and, if appropriate, to elect a successor shall be called by the National Coordinator, or Election Committee Chairman if there is one at the time, and held not less than 30 days nor more than 50 days from the date of certification of sufficient signatures. If the National Coordinator is unable, and no Election Committee is seated at the time, the Advisory Board Secretary shall call for the election and insure all constituents of the Member subject to the recall action are notified. (b) In the event of a proposed recall action against an Advisory Board Member, nominations will be taken to immediately fill the position vacated if the recall vote is successful. The member being recalled is not eligible for this nomination. (c) If the simple majority vote of those voting on the question is to recall, the Member is removed and, if there is a candidate to replace the Member, the candidate who receives a plurality is the successor. If the recall action fails, the Advisory Board Member retains their position, and the election for a successor is declared null and void. (d) Votes in recall elections are subject to verification by either the Advisory Board Secretary or Election Committee, if there is one. SEC. 4. The Advisory Board Secretary shall provide for circulation, filing, and certification of petitions, nomination of candidates, and the recall election. SEC. 5. If recall of the National Coordinator is initiated, the recall duties of that office shall be performed by the Advisory Board Secretary or Election Committee Chairman, if there is one. SEC. 6. An Advisory Board Member who is not recalled shall not have another recall action initiated against the member until six months after the election. SEC. 7. Terms of elective offices provided for by this Article, commence immediately following the election, and shall last until the term of the recalled Member expires. SEC. 8. In the event of conflict between any Other Articles of the USGenWeb Bylaws and this Article, this Article shall take precedence. ___________________________________ --part1_be.49ef023.266805b1_boundary--