Notice of Election - Call for Nominations

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Mark Kastel

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Notice of Election - Call for Nominations



As per the draft by-laws (see section on elections below) this notice is
required to be sent to the District Secretaries and membership by September
30th.



It is my responsibility as Secretary to report that all current members of
the Executive Committee have communicated their interest to run as
candidates for reelection. This fact may or may not motivate individuals to
seek one of the offices and that's why it was a provision in the new
by-laws.



During the next 15 days District Secretaries, via their list-serve, can
nominate themselves, another District Secretary or any other member in good
standing. If you are a member, and are interested in seeking office, you
should contact your District Secretary and ask him or her to nominate you.
Nominations will only become valid if seconded by an additional District
Secretary within 72 hours.



Because, at this time, we do not know whether the incumbent president will
be reelected (at this point we do not even know if there will be a contested
race) we will need to hold an election for an "alternate" Member At Large in
addition to the other five offices (this is a backup if we do not have a
past president to fill one of the slots). So, members who would like to
contribute to the class, there is at least one open seat without an
incumbent running for reelection.



As candidates are nominated and seconded this information will be posted on
the class website on a timely basis. Any time after their nomination is
seconded, and up until November 1st, candidates will be free to post
position papers on the web site. As the voting by District Secretaries will
commence on November 15th, this will leave a minimum of 15 days for the
"campaign". Once again, voting on the ratification of the new bylaws will
take place at the same time.



If after reading the section on elections below you have any questions
pertaining to the electoral procedures or how to run for office, please send
me a personal e-mail.



Respectfully submitted,



Mark Kastel

International Laser Class Association







Election of Officers & Annual Meeting

Section 01 Regional Annual General Meeting - a meeting of District
Secretaries present and including a general membership meeting shall be held
each year at the North American Championships. The intent of the meeting
will be to review the status of the Association, including finances, present
major issues facing the Class and to allow potential candidates to announce
their intention to run for office. An agenda and notice for the meeting will
be posted no later than 30 days in advance. The meeting of District
Secretaries will be suspended and reopened at a later date, as per Section
6.03.The Secretary shall see that minutes of the suspended meeting will be
posted to the official web site in a timely manner.

Section 02 Election of officers - members of the Association's
Executive Committee shall be elected, via electronic means, by the majority
of Chairmen of the Districts comprising the North American Region. A
District by District tally of the voting will be compiled by the Secretary
and then sent to District Chairman for verification. They will then be
posted on the Web site.

(a) Votes will be transmitted to the Secretary and at least one member
(not serving as a class officer or District Secretary) acting as an
independent election monitor.

Section 03 Election timing - the annual election of officers will
take place each year during the month of November. The Secretary will post a
notice of the election, and call for nominations, no later than the end of
September. Incumbents will inform the Secretary prior to that date if they
do not intend to stand for reelection so that it can be announced to class
at the same time. The candidates and their position papers will be posted to
the official web site no later than the first day of November. Balloting by
the District Chairmen shall commence on the fifteenth day of November and
end on the last day of November.

Section 04 Nominations - nominations may be submitted to the
Secretary, through mail, electronic mail or fax, and must be received no
later than the fifteenth day of October and will be posted on the
Association's official web site.

(a) Nominations will be made by current District Secretaries. District
Secretaries can nominate themselves, other District Secretaries or any other
member in good standing.

(b) Nominations must be seconded by a District Secretary, via mail, fax
or the electronic mail within 3 days or the nomination will be considered
void.

Section 05 Runoffs - if there are more than two candidates, and the
winner does not receive a majority of the votes, there shall be a runoff
between the top two candidates for any given office. If there is a tie
between candidates on the first or subsequent votes which needs to be
broken, it shall be broken as follows: the number of members in the
Districts supporting each candidate shall be totaled. The winner of the tie
vote will be the candidate who's voting Districts have the greatest number
of combined members. If there is a tie between three or more candidates the
tie break method shall be used to narrow the field to two candidates for the
final run off.

Section 06 Assumption of office - officers will assume their
responsibilities immediately following the election.

Section 07 Term Limits - Prior to running for Vice Chairman; a
candidate should serve for 1-2 years on the Executive Committee. Prior to
running for the office of Chairman, a candidate should serve an additional
1-2 years as Vice Chairman. The term of office for a Past Chairman shall be
set at one year. If at the end of that year the current Chairman is
reelected his/her post, the office of past Chairman will become vacated and
revert to an additional committee position of "Member at Large". In this
manner, a member would serve from 4-7 years on the Executive Committee when,
"moving up the ladder" to Chairman and subsequently past Chairman. A past
Chairman shall sit out a minimum of one term before standing for election to
the Executive Committee again.

Section 08 It is the responsibility of each District, within the
North American Region, to conduct an annual meeting and election. In large
districts, where geography makes it difficult to hold a meeting of electors
(members), in person the adoption of a similar electronic meeting/election
is recommended.





Mark A. Kastel

M.A.Kastel and Associates, Inc.

P.O. Box 2

La Farge, Wisconsin 54639



608-625-2042 voice

608-625-2043 fax

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