[Lodge230] FW: election of lodge officers

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From: "Shanks" <knoxville3 at sprintmail.com>
To: "Will Kronick" <whk0137 at comcast.net>
Subject: election of lodge officers
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:16:03 +0000
> It's getting close to election time again.   We need plenty of good candidates.  
> If you are thinking about running for a lodge office, please examine Article III 
> of the By Laws.  
> http://www.pellissippilodge.org/download/PellissippiLodgeByLaws.pdf
> 
> Article III: Election of Lodge Officers
> A. The Lodge Officers shall be elected annually in September at the Fall 
> Fellowship.
> The terms of both the Lodge and Chapter officers shall be one year. The term 
> shall
> begin on January 1 and end on December 31. Officers may only serve as many as
> two terms consecutively in both the Lodge and Chapter offices. A term is defined 
> as
> more than six months—one half of a lodge year.
> B. Nominations for Lodge offices shall be made on official nomination sheets
> obtainable from the Lodge Secretary. A person nominated by petition for Lodge
> office shall need the signatures of 25 active Lodge members if he is running for
> Lodge Chief and 20 signatures for any other office.
> C. There will be no floor nominations at the time of the elections unless there 
> have been
> no candidates nominated for one or more of the five offices.
> D. Each candidate must submit his completed nomination form to the Scout Office 
> by
> 4:30PM on August 15 of the year of the election unless the aforementioned date 
> falls
> on a weekend, in which case the deadline shall be the following Monday. Then, 
> each
> candidate must have the approval and the verification of the Lodge Chief and the
> Scout Executive before he may fun for office.
> E. A candidate nominated for any office and not elected to that office may not 
> drop
> down to run for another office with a candidate already nominated for that 
> office.
> F. The votes shall be counted by the Teller Committee. This committee shall 
> consist of
> five adults and five youth members of the Lodge. These vote counters shall be
> selected by the Lodge Chief and his adviser with the approval of all candidates. 
> The
> Lodge Chief shall appoint two youth poll watchers to observe actual voting.
> G. No arrowman serving as a Section, Region, or National Officer may run for 
> Lodge
> office without resigning from their other office before October 1. No Lodge 
> officer
> may serve as a Section, Region, or National Officer before resigning his Lodge
> office. Resignation from the Lodge office must be received in the Council office 
> no
> later than 30 days following the election of the aforementioned office. If the 
> officer
> does not resign, his office will be declared vacant and the successor will be 
> appointed
by the Lodge Chief.