SERIES 2000: BYLAWS

2400 Board Membership and Duties

2405 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

1. The Board must elect a President and Vice President. The Board may also elect a Treasurer and Secretary.
2. Board officer elections will take place at an organizational meeting of the Board.
3. A candidate for a Board officer position must receive a majority vote of the Board members then serving on the Board.

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

i. the 2 persons who received the most votes; or

ii. if more than 2 persons are tied for the most votes received, all persons tied for most votes received; or

iii. if 1 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 the second place.

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

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

B. 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, Secretary, or Treasurer becomes vacant, the Board must promptly elect a Board member to fill that vacancy.
3. If the office of Secretary or Treasurer becomes vacant, the Board may elect a Board member to fill that vacancy or the President may appoint a Board member to fill that vacancy The 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

1. The Board may appoint an assistant to the Secretary and an assistant to the Treasurer who are not required to be Board members.
2. 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