1.The President and the Vice President serve for a term of one year. The Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Communications Coordinator are elected for two-year terms. The Nominating Committee, appointed by the President with approval of the Board, shall solicit names from the membership for all offices and will prepare a ballot, having secured consent of the nominees. Nominations from the membership and the Nominating Committee shall be placed on a ballot and mailed to the membership. Four weeks after mailing the ballot to the membership, the returns shall be tabulated by a tellers committee appointed by the President.
Any nominee receiving a plurality of the votes from the returned ballots is elected.
The election process shall begin on April 15. All committees are appointed by the President with the approval of the Board. However, there will be only one representative from each committee on the Executive Board. Ad hoc committees will be appointed as needed. The annual dues for each succeeding year shall be set by the Board in March.