ARTICLE VIII. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
1. The Nominating Committee shall consist of the following Section members: the Director, the Chair, the immediate Past-Chair, and the five (5) District Trustees. The Director shall serve as Chair of the Nominating Committee. Not less than three months prior to the annual Section meeting, the Nominating Committee Chair shall convene the Nominating Committee. Any member of the nominating committee who is a candidate for election as a section officer must excuse themselves from the Nominating Committee for that election. This committee shall nominate one member for each vacancy to be filled at the annual Section meeting and such nominations shall be announced by the Secretary-Treasurer to the membership 60 days prior to the annual Section meeting. This announcement shall be in either the Section newsletter or a separate letter to each member. Supplemental nominations may be made by written nomination submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer 30 days prior to the first day of the annual Section meeting, signed by at least 10 members of the Section, and accompanied by a written letter from the nominee indicating not only his willingness to serve, but his ability to devote the time required to fulfill the duties of the office for which he is being nominated.

2. Officers shall be elected by a majority vote of the Indiana Section members in good standing, present and voting at the annual Section meeting business session. All meetings shall be conducted generally in accordance with Robert's Rules of Order, current revised edition.

3. Newly-elected officers shall be installed at the annual Section meeting immediately prior to the adjournment of the annual banquet.

4. In case of a vacancy in any office other than that of Chair, Chair-Elect, or Trustee, the Executive Board may appoint a member to assume the duties of the office until a successor shall be chosen at the next regular election. In case of a vacancy in the office of Chair, the Chair-Elect may be designated by the Executive Board as permanent or acting Chair for the remainder of the unexpired term. If the Chair-Elect is designated permanent Chair, the office of Chair-Elect and Vice-Chair shall be considered vacancies at the next annual election. If designated acting Chair, the Chair-Elect would succeed to the office of Chair at the next election as provided in Article VI, Section 2. All other offices filled by acting appointments shall be considered vacancies at the next annual election. In case of a vacancy in one of the Trustee offices, the District's governing board shall select a replacement to fill the remainder of the unexpired term.


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