The succession shall be in order listed
and shall thereafter follow this rotation with the
President being from the South-West District in 1983-84.
In the event of any newly created, or change in the
Grand Lodge Districts, the foregoing order of succession
shall be amended and/or supplemented accordingly. Any
District shall have the right to decline their turn.
SECTION 2. The election of the President-Elect of the
Association shall be at the Annual April Meeting of the
Association. When entitled by District to be elected in
accordance with the order of succession, nominations
shall be made only when endorsed by the members’ Lodge
in regular session, a resolution signed by the Exalted
Ruler and Secretary of that Lodge and filed with the
Association Secretary at least thirty (30) days prior to
the election. No lodge shall endorse or propose more
than one candidate for any given office.
(a) Although
the order of succession provides that the nominees shall
be selected only from that District, all Delegates of
the State Association shall be entitled to vote for the
President-Elect at the state-wide elections. The
President-Elect will then become President, following
the order of succession set forth in Article III,
Section 1.
(b) If more than three (3) names are
placed in nomination for the office of President-Elect,
then the Vice-President of that District shall call a
caucus of the Delegates of the District to determine the
three (3) candidates receiving the most votes whose
names will be placed in nomination for that office at
the April Meeting of the Association (12/98)
SECTION 3. The Vice President or Past State President
designated by the President shall conduct a meeting in
each District, during the month of April, for the
purpose of electing a Vice President, a Trustee and a
Camp Barrett Executive Committee member to represent
that District. (6/99) The officer conducting the meeting
shall notify each member Lodge of that District of the
time and place that the meeting will be held. Said
notice shall be made no later than two weeks prior to
the meeting. Upon the completion of said election, the
officer conducting the meeting shall notify the
Secretary of the Association of the name, address, of
elected.
SECTION 4. All officers except
Sergeant-at-Arms, Inner-Guard, Chaplain, Tiler,
Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected or ratified at
the Annual Convention Meeting of the Association and
shall hold office for one year, which will be the fiscal
year of the Association or until their successors are
duly elected and installed. An election for Treasurer
and Secretary shall be held at the April Meeting of the
Association. All elected Trustees shall hold office for
two years. The Sergeant-at-Arms, Inner Guard, Chaplain
and Tiler shall be appointed by the President. (1/95)
SECTION 5. VACANCY IN OFFICE, HOW FILLED - In the event
of any vacancy except the office of President, Secretary
or Treasurer, the President shall order an election, in
accordance with these By-Laws, to fill the vacancy. If
another vacancy is caused by the election of any
elective officer to fill such a vacancy, it shall be
filled at the same session, and nominations shall be
made and the election held at the same session.
(6/99)
(a) Should the vacancy be that of President,
Secretary or Treasurer of the Association the Advisory
Committee shall appoint a successor from the same
district in which it occurs, who shall serve until the
next State election. The District requirement shall not
apply to the Secretary or Treasurer. (6/99)
(b) In
the event an officer is incapacitated or negligent in
his/her duties, and non-performance is proven, it shall
be the duty of the Advisory Committee to bring such
notice to the attention of the Association and to take
such action as may be deemed necessary. (6/99)
SECTION 6. OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS - Any candidate for
any office in this Association, except Treasurer or
Chaplain, shall have completed a term as an Exalted
Ruler of a member Lodge of this Association. Any
candidate must have met these qualifications by the date
of the Annual Convention Meeting.
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