----- Original Message ----- From: Allen Richmond <Scioto@Scioto.Org> To: <USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 10:17 AM Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] Re: USGW Bylaws Amendment Proposal: Article XVII (followup) > 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. > > ___________________________________ > > Since our colleague in COGenWeb, Mary Ann Hetrick, has put forth the > above-outlined Bylaw Amendment, OHGenWeb withdraws its placement request > and instead puts forth its co-sponsorship of this amendment proposal. > (COGW's proposal was posted this morning, prior to OHGW's sending.) > > OHGenWeb continues to invite our colleague state projects to consider > the above bylaw and participate by co-sponsoring this amendment for the > pending election 01-31 Jul 2000. Four colleague state projects are now > required for placement on the pending election ballot to be brought > forth for the USGenWeb Coordinators' consideration, per current USGW > bylaws (http://www.usgenweb.org/official/bylaws.html). > > Allen Richmond > State Coordinator, OHGenWeb Project > 31 May 2000 - 1317 EDT > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Allen Richmond > . Scioto@Scioto.Org > > OHGenWeb Project State Coordinator > . http://Scioto.Org/OHGenWeb/ > > In the asking comes sharing; > in sharing comes knowledge; > in knowledge comes wisdom which lasts a lifetime. -Ar. > > > ==== USGENWEB-ALL Mailing List ==== > Remember the elections start July 1. > >