Board Officers

Board officers will consist of a President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary.

Board officers must be Board members.

A. Election of Board Officers

The Board must elect a President and Vice President. The Board may also elect a Treasurer and Secretary.

Board officer elections will take place at an organizational meeting of the Board.

A candidate for a Board officer position must receive a majority vote of the Board members then serving on the Board.

1. If no person receives a majority vote in an initial vote, the candidates for a second vote will consist of:

   • i. The two persons who received the most votes; or

   • ii. If more than two persons are tied for the most votes received, all persons tied for the most votes received; or

   • iii. If one person received the most votes and there is a tie for second place, the person who received the most votes and the persons tied for second place.

2. The process for narrowing candidates will be repeated in subsequent voting rounds.

3. Elected Board officers will serve in that capacity until the following year’s organizational meeting, unless a Board member resigns from the officer position or a Board majority votes to remove that Board member from the officer position.

B. Appointment of Vacant Board Officer Positions

• If the Board does not elect a Secretary, the President must appoint a Board member to the vacant office.

• If the Board does not elect a Treasurer, the President must appoint a Board member to the vacant office.

C. Removal of Board Officers

The Board, by a majority vote of the members then serving, may remove a Board officer from the officer position, with or without cause.

D. Board Officer Vacancies

1. If the office of President becomes vacant, the Vice President will succeed to the office of President for the balance of that office’s term.

2. If the office of Vice President or Secretary becomes vacant, the Board must promptly elect a Board member to fill that vacancy.

3. If the office of Treasurer becomes vacant, the Board must promptly elect a Board member to fill that vacancy.

4. A person elected or appointed to a vacant Board office will serve in that office for the balance of that office’s term.

E. Assistants to the Secretary and Treasurer

• The Board may appoint an assistant to the Secretary and an assistant to the Treasurer who are not required to be Board members.

• The Board may remove an assistant to the Secretary or an assistant to the Treasurer by majority vote.

• After a removal, the Board may appoint a person to fill the vacant position.

Legal authority: MCL 380.11a

Date adopted: 08/09/21

Date revised: 06/19/23, 10/16/23, 7/16/2024