Article IV: Officers
Section 1. Elected Officers:
Elected officers of the Round Table shall be the chairperson; vice-chairperson/chairperson-elect; secretary; treasurer; immediate past chairperson; and seven members-at-large.
Section 2. Executive Board:
The elected officers shall function as the Executive Board. The Executive Board shall be presided over by the chairperson.
a. A vacancy in the elected membership of the Executive Board, including a vacancy created by the election of a member to the office of chairperson or other elective office, shall be filled by Executive Board appointment, the appointee to serve until the following election.
b. The Executive Board shall report on its activities to membership no later than each Annual Meeting of the American Library Association.
c. A majority shall constitute a quorum of the Executive Board.
Section 3. Duties of officers:
The elected officers shall perform the duties of their respective offices and other such duties as approved and described in the Organization Manual of the Ethnic [and Multicultural] Information Exchange Round Table.
Section 4: Terms of office:
All elected officers shall serve until the adjournment of the Round Table business meeting at the Annual Conference of the American Library Association of the year in which their term is slated to expire or until the adjournment of the meeting at which their successor(s) are chosen.
a. The chairperson and vice-chair/chairperson elect shall serve for one-year terms;
b. The secretary and treasurer shall serve for a two-year term;
c. The members-at-large shall serve staggered terms of two years each with the election of at least three members annually.
Section 5. Termination of office:
Any elected officer may be terminated by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Cause for termination shall include nonattendance at two consecutive ALA Conference (Midwinter and Annual) meetings of the Executive Board and/or dereliction of duties. The secretary, under the direction of the Executive Board, shall notify the officer in writing the cause for termination action taken against him/her.
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