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ELECTIONS, MEETINGS, & QUORUMS
A. Election of Association Officers shall be conducted during the Annual
IDMT Symposium.
- The names of candidates shall be taken and posted on the IDMT Home Page 60 days prior to
the Annual IDMT Symposium, candidates submitted will be contacted to verify their
willingness to assume office. Individuals may be nominated for more than one office;
however upon election to an office they must withdraw their name from all remaining
positions.
- Floor nominations will be accepted during the symposium provided the candidate is
present, gives consent (verbally/written), and has sufficient time left to fulfill the
term of office. Previous elected officers may be reelected; they can not hold the same
office more than two terms in a row.
- Voting shall be by secret ballot. Absentee voting will be accomplished on the IDMT Home
Page for those unable to attend. All Symposium attendees will be issued ballots the first
morning of the Symposium; the elections will be conducted on the last day.
- A majority vote is required to elect a candidate, if the tabulation reveals there would
be a sufficient quantity of votes to influence the final outcome after eliminating all
candidates with the exception of the top 2 or 3; a run-off will be conducted to determine
the winner.
- Any vacancies in the elected positions of the Association occurring prior to regularly
scheduled elections shall be filled IAW: Article V; D.
B. General meetings of the Executive Group shall be conducted on a
quarterly basis at times and places as shall be designated by the President and Advisor;
meetings will be held by means of internet /e-mail services or VTC to help reduce travel
expenditures and time away from work station.
- Personnel that form the Executive Group are as follows:
- Advisor (non-voting member)
- Elected Officers of the Association (President only votes in case of tie)
- Board Members
- Committee Chairpersons (as needed/requested) To Provide Updates (non-voting members)
2. At least one-half (1/2) voting members shall
constitute a quorum of the Executive Group. Absent members shall be counted as present at
special meetings, but only as to those matters with respect to which the vote, in writing,
of such absent members, is received by the Recorder of the Association prior to the
meeting.
- The Recorder shall call a special meeting upon the written request of the President or
majority of the voting members of the Executive Group.
