ARTICLE VI- BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. The Board of Directors of the Union, hereinafter referred to as the Board, consists of the Statewide Officers, Directors, and the President of Retiree Local 001, and in his/her absence, the Vice President of the Retiree Local 001.
Section 2. The Statewide Officers of the Union are: President, Immediate Past President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Executive Director.
Section 3. The Statewide Officers, except the Immediate Past President, are elected by the membership statewide. The President becomes the Immediate Past President uponinstallation of a successor.
Section 4. The Directors are elected six (6) months prior to each regular session of the General Council.
Section 5. The term of office for the Board shall begin with installation at a regular session of the General Council, and shall end with the installation ceremony held at the next regular session of the General Council.
Section 6. A member can serve as the President for only two (2) consecutive two (2)-year terms or a major portion thereof in any five (5)-year period.
Section 7. A member can serve as the Vice President, or the Secretary-Treasurer, or a Director for only two (2) terms in any six (6)-year period.
Section 8. Local Officers, Directors, Assistant Directors, Statewide Officers, and voting delegates to General Council other than delegates from the Retired Local, and the person in the Retiree Local Board position, shall be active members of the Union.
Scott
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"An intractable problem can only be resolved by stepping beyond conventional solutions." — Ozymandias
Re: SEIU Constitution 2009 - Article VI
This article is a mess. It purports to be about the Board of Directors. Then it wanders off into defining Statewide officers. And then it completely jumps-the-shark and heads into the General Council arena.
So first, it looks like this needs to be broken out into 3 articles. The first should be Statewide Officers. Then Board of Directors. And finally General Council.
Statewide Officers—without any rewriting, this would include Sections 2, 3, 6, and 7. Section 7 would not include any reference to the Directors.
Board of Directors—without any rewriting, this would include Sections 1, 4, 5, and 7. Section 7 would only be the portion that applies to the Directors.
General Council—without any rewriting, this would include Section 8. As a re-write, we certainly need to add some definition of what General Council is.
With regards to the Statewide Officers, I can see no reason to treat the President any differently than the other officers. Why do we care if the terms are consecutive? And five years doesn't coincide with the normal term length for any officers. This change would simplify the article and reduce these two sections into one:
A member can serve as the President, Vice President, or the Secretary-Treasurer for only two (2) two (2)-year terms or a major portion thereof in any six (6)-year period.
All three of these "new" articles will need to be reviewed and updated with additional information that we know is in the Bylaws currently.
Scott
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"An intractable problem can only be resolved by stepping beyond conventional solutions." — Ozymandias