[Sosfbay-discuss] Bylaws Amendment on Regional Reps (corrected)

[JamBoi]

{Corrected some grammar and added clarification}. 
This is the actual version I presented at the 7/5/07
General County meeting.

Green in Consensual

Drew

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ARTICLE 9   REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, ALTERNATES

9.1   Representation on the statewide coordinating
committee is on a regional basis. Regional
representatives and alternates to the statewide
coordinating committee are elected biannually for a
nominal two year term that expires at the end of the
term at which time the seat will remain open until the
counties have agreed on new representatives.  Ideally
the counties' agreement will be in place before the
expiration of the previous term(s). The election will
be announced on email lists at least 15 days in
advance and the announcement will be an  agenda item.

9.2 Declaring Candidacy
     Candidates shall announce their availability on
the email lists of the county councils of the region
prior to the administrative meeting at which a vacancy
or replacement is considered.  "None of the Above"
shall be considered an acceptable candidate. The term
'administrative meeting' in these bylaws shall be
understood include but be limited only to General
County, or County Council meetings.

9.3 Candidate Presentations
     The administrative meeting will have agenda items
for the candidates to present themselves, to describe
their goals, and to answer questions.

9.4 Decision
     Approval of a representative will be a decision
item at the administrative meeting following the one
at which the candidates made their presentations.

9.5 Regional Coordination
     A candidate must be approved by the several
counties of the region.  If different candidates are
approved by the various counties the decision(s) 
shall be retaken by the counties until agreement
between the counties is reached.

9.6 Regional Balance
     It shall be an objective to have the regional
representative and the first alternate regional
representative be from different counties
wherever possible.

9.7 Replacement
     A regional representative or an alternate
regional representative may be replaced using the same
process for selecting a regional representative or an
alternate regional representative.

9.8 Effective Date
    This amendment, Article 9 of the by-laws shall
take effect on its date of passage, {ed. note: date of
passage to be inserted here upon passage}.

9.9 Expiration of Article 9
     The process for the selection of regional
representatives to the statewide coordinating
committee shall lapse whenever regions are 
redefined.


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