William Penn Life, 2019 (54. évfolyam, 2-5. szám)

2019-05-01 / 5. szám

spouse of any of the foregoing; provided, however, that Branch Coordinators and Part-time and Special Agents are eligible to serve as Delegates if they are not also Full-time Agents, General Agents, Agency Managers, or engaged in business dealings with the Association or any of its Branch subsidiaries wherein they derive monetary gain and if they are otherwise qualified.

f. Must not have any financial obligations to the Association as an employee or as the result of previous employment.

g. Must not have terminated employment with the Association less than one (1) year prior to a Delegate District Meeting; provided, however, that nothing in this Subparagraph (g) shall prevent former Directors, National Officers and Audit Committee Members from serving as ex-officio Delegates if they are otherwise qualified.

h. May not be a person who is directly involved in litigation or a written claim against the Association except for claims under a certificate of insurance.

i. Must not have been a director, alternate director, officer or employee of any organization similar to or in competition with the Association or a delegate or an alternate delegate to any other fraternal benefit society convention within four (4) years prior to the date scheduled for District Delegate elections; provided, however, that nothing in this subparagraph (i) shall prevent any person from serving as an elected, ex-officio, or Alternate Delegate to the General Convention pursuant to a merger or similar agreement between the Association and any alliance, fellowship, or society in the United States having similar aims to those of the Association.

j. Must have been a member of the same Branch for at least an uninterrupted one (1) year period prior to the Delegate District election; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply to a Benefit Member who has transferred from one Branch to another in accordance with Section 107.5.

Section 205.6 - NOTICE OF ELECTIONS

a. Election of General Convention Delegates shall be held on the first day to the fifteenth day of the calendar month which is the fourth month prior to the month of the next Regular Session of the General Convention. Notice of the date, time and place of the meeting shall be given to the National Vice President-Secretary by Certified Mail, Return Receipt requested, by hand delivery, or by overnight courier, facsimile or electronic mail, with evidence of receipt, on or before one hundred fifty (150) days prior to the date of the next Regular Session of the General Convention and to the Branch members in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of these By-Laws.

b. If the appointed District Chair cannot perform the duties on the designated date, time and place, the Chair of the Board of the Association or, in his or her absence, the National Vice President-Secretary or, in his or her absence, the National President, shall appoint another District Chair.

Section 205.7. DELEGATE DISTRICT ELECTIONS

Delegate District elections shall be conducted according to the following rules and procedures:

a. With respect to each Delegate District, the Board shall appoint a District Chair.

b. The District Chair of each Delegate District will establish the date, time and place for that Delegate District's election, as provided in the By-Laws. The place for each Delegate District election shall be at a neutral public venue.

c. The District Chair shall conduct the Delegate District Meeting, and shall appoint a recording secretary to record the minutes of the Meeting.

d. Nominations for Delegates and Alternate Delegates may be made from a nominating committee appointed by the Delegate District Chair. Such nominations may also be made from the floor of the Delegate District Meeting by those members in attendance.

e. The attendance of a nominee at the Delegate District Meeting is not mandatory.

f. A register shall be maintained at the Delegate District Meeting and signed by all Adult Benefit Members voting at such meeting.

g. The vote of each Delegate District member who is an Adult Benefit Member and has attained at least age 16 must be cast in person at the Delegate District Meeting for the Delegate District to which the member is assigned. Proxy voting shall not be permitted for any purpose.

h. The candidates in each Delegate District who receive the highest number of votes shall be the duly elected Delegates to the General Convention for each of the respective Delegate Districts. A candidate for Delegate who is not elected shall be eligible to run as an Alternate Delegate for the same General Convention. In a separate and subsequent election at the same Delegate District meeting, the candidates for Alternate Delegate receiving the highest number of votes shall be the Alternate Delegates to the General Convention for each of the respective Delegate Districts. Such Alternate Delegates shall be ranked by the number of votes received.

In the event of any or all tie votes for Delegate(s) or Alternate Delegate(s), as the case may be, such election shall be decided by lot drawn by the candidates involved, in the presence of the District Chair.

i. Each District Chair shall, by Certified Mail, Return Receipt requested, or courier or hand delivery with evidence of receipt, submit the election results to the National Vice President-Secretary within ten (10) days after said election. Failure to make complete and timely submission shall result in disqualification of the subject Delegation unless the failure to comply is excused by the Board for good cause, at the next regular meeting or special meeting of the Board. The decision of the Board shall be final.

ARTICLE 14 - OFFICIAL PUBLICATION; NOTICES

Section 1402 - Any notice to the Members or officers of the Association required to be given, including convention calls, elections, changes to the Charter or By-Laws, shall be made in such official publication, and such notice shall have the same effect as though given personally in writing. Placing a copy of such official publication in the mail to the last known address of any Member shall be sufficient service of such notice to him or her. An affidavit by the National Vice President- Secretary certifying that such official publication was mailed to each Member on the mailing list shall be filed with the minutes of the Board at its next meeting after publication of such notice.

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