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Constitution

Article VIII - Nominations and Elections

Section 1: Nominations and Election Committee

The President shall appoint and the Board of Directors shall approve a Nominations and Election Committee as specified in Article VI.

Section 2: Elections

Members of the Board of Directors shall be elected by the membership by the spring meeting.

The President-Elect shall be elected in odd-numbered years.  The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected every three years. One Member-at-Large shall be elected each year.

The officers and the three Members-at-Large of the Board of Directors will assume office at the end of the Spring Business Meeting at which their election is announced.

Article IX – Referendum

All formal actions taken by the Board of Directors shall be subject to a referendum of the membership in the following manner.

Section 1: Reconsideration

Upon presentation to the Board of Directors of a petition bearing the signatures of a minimum of 10% of the voting members, the Board of Directors shall, at a meeting called within a reasonable time, reconsider its formal action as specified by the petitioners.

Section 2: Referendum

If, after reconsideration, the Board of Directors reaffirms its action, that action shall be subject to a ballot of the membership within 30 days of the reconsideration. If a majority of the regular members of FAMTE who vote reject the Board of Directors action, that action shall become null and void.

Article X - Amendments to the Constitution

This Constitution may be amended by the following procedure.

  1. Any member(s) may propose amendments.
  2. Proposed amendments shall be submitted to the Board of Directors two months prior to a business meeting. A proposed amendment endorsed by 20% of the Regular Members present at the Business Meeting shall be considered at the meeting.
  3. The Board of Directors shall present for discussion all proposed Constitutional amendments at a Business Meeting. Proposed Constitutional amendments receiving a majority vote of the Regular Members present at the Annual Meeting shall be submitted to the membership for ratification by ballot within 60 days of a Business Meeting and shall take effect when approved by a two-thirds majority of those Regular Members in good standing who vote.