III.    ANNUAL ELECTIONS

The BMW Executive is made of the following positions: President, Vice-president, Recording Secretary, Membership Coordinator, Treasurer and Past President.

Annual Elections will be held for the positions of President, Vice-president, Recording Secretary, Membership Coordinator, and Treasurer. The position of immediate Past President is acclaimed.

Annual Elections will be held at the December Annual Meeting. Executive positions are for a one (1) year term commencing January 1st in the following year.

The President shall announce the election at the October meeting, call for nominees and coordinate the functioning of the Nominating Committee by charging the chairperson of the Committee to conduct the nominating process during the month of November. The Past President shall chair the Nominating Committee. A nominating form will be mailed to the members along with the minutes from the October meeting.

The Nominating Committee:

• consists of the most immediate Past Presidents. If one is not available, Past Presidents shall be asked to participate in receding order;
• polls the membership, not including the current executive, to find one member willing to be nominated for each executive position;
• collects names of other nominees and/or volunteers as they come forward to be added to the slate of nominees;
• conducts the election by secret ballot at the Annual Meeting according to standard election procedures: i.e. posting the nominees’ names in writing and asking for further nominees from the floor 3 times;
• in the event of only one (1) nominee for a position, the chairperson shall announce that that position is filled by acclamation;
• each position will be voted upon in order from President through to Treasurer;
• members may elect to either be nominated to more than one position and/or let their name stand for a subsequent position should they be unsuccessful in a preceding position. In that case, the chairperson shall call for the nominee’s intent in this matter prior to proceeding to the vote for the next position;
• current executive members may put their names forward for the same position or another position of their choosing.