Sacramento Chapter ASTD -Executive Board Nominees 2011

Article VIII: Elections, Section 1: Requires that Board members be elected using the following procedure.

a. The Immediate Past President serves as Nominating Committee chairperson which prepares a slate of nominees.

b. The Nominating Committee consists of the chairperson, the Chapter President, the President-Elect, and two (2) members whose selection is approved by two-thirds full Board vote.

c. The prepared slate must include a minimum of one (1) nominee for each open elected Board position. Any
exceptions to the number of minimum required per position must be approved by the Board.

d. Elected Board positions are: President-Elect, Directors of Programs, Director of Finance, and Director of
Membership. Board positions appointed by the Board upon recommendations from the nominating committee are Director of Special Events, Director of Marketing, Director of Communications and Director of Community Relations and Social Media.

e. The slate is presented to the membership no later than the November Chapter membership meeting where
additional nominations are solicited from the floor. These nominations are added to the ballot if they meet the eligibility criteria for holding office as outlined in the Constitution and Bylaws.

f. Elections will be held no later than the end of November by ballot distributed to all Chapter members.

g. Nominees receiving the majority votes returned are elected. Any ties in the vote count are resolved by a two-thirds full Board vote.

h. Results of the election are announced at the December meeting of the Chapter membership.

Section 2: Elected and appointed Board members assume their respective duties on January 1 for the year following the election.

Section 3: If re-elected, officers may succeed themselves. An officer is limited to serving two consecutive terms in the same office, not including the completion of an unexpired term of another officer.