| Section 5: Vacancies
A. President: To Home The Vice President immediately assumes office. B. President-elect and Vice President: A vacancy in the office of President-elect or Vice President within the first four (4) months is filled by a vote of the Board of Directors from a slate submitted by the Chapter�s Board of Directors. A vacancy occurring after four (4) months shall be filled at the next annual election. C. Any member filling any vacancy for an unexpired term of one (1) year or more is deemed to have served one (1) year. Section 6: Removal Any elected official, regardless of the manner of election or appointment, may be removed by the membership upon two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote, whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Association would be served, provided the elected official was offered an opportunity to have an unprejudiced hearing, if requested, at which time the elected official was permitted to defend against the removal. ARTICLE XII MEETINGS � QUORUM Section 1: Association Meetings A. Meetings shall be held monthly, except January, July and August. The time and place is determined by mutual agreement of the Board of Directors and the membership. B. Notice of the monthly meetings will be sent to the membership via e-mail and posted on the Chapter Website. C. 10% of the membership, including the Officers and members of the Board of Directors, constitutes a quorum for a business meeting. Section 2: Special Meetings A. A special meeting may be called by the President, or by request of a majority of the Board of Directors, or by request of 10% of the membership. B. The membership shall be notified at least five (5) days prior to the called special meeting. C. The call shall state the purpose of the special meeting, the time, and the place. No business, other than stated in the call may be transacted. Section 3: Board of Directors A. The board of Directors shall meet at a time and place determined by mutual agreement of the Board of Directors. A minimum of two (2) Board Meetings are to be held during the year. B. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or by a majority of members of the Board of Directors. C. Four (4) members of the Board constitutes a majority, or a quorum. ARTICLE XIII COMMITTEES Special Committees: A special committee may be suggested by the Board of Directors and appointed by the President, and cease to exist when the purpose for which it is created is completed. ARTICLE XIV DLEGATES Section 1: Eligibility Delegates and alternate delegates to the annual Congress must have active membership status. Section 2: Representation The delegate count shall be allocated annually to Chapters based upon the ratio of total active membership to total active Association Membership as of June 30, with each chapter having a minimum of one (1) delegate and one (1) alternate delegate. A. Delegates will be chosen by a majority vote of the Board of Directors to determine chapter participation. Delegates must show a desire and willingness to serve as a representative of our chapter at Congress. B. The President is automatically a delegate and serves as chairperson of the delegates. C. The President-elect is automatically a delegate. ARTICLE XV AMENDMENTS Amendments to these bylaws may be made at any regular meeting provided that the proposed amendments have been submitted to all members at the previous meeting, or have been mailed to the membership at least thirty (30) days prior to the vote. Amendments to the bylaws requires a two thirds (2/3) vote of the members present and voting. ARTICLE XVI DISSOLUTION If Chapter 1403 of AORN, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, should dissolve, all funds in the treasury will be given to the AORN Foundation or another specified educational endeavor, to be determined by the majority of the membership at the time of dissolution. |
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