BOARD ELECTION PROPOSAL:Subscription Sufferage v1.2 I. ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS A. ELECTORS. All persons holding a subscription to the "Proceedings of the SCA Inc. Will be members of the corporation for purposes of election of the Board of Directors. B. CANDIDATES. Any member of the corporation eligable to vote is eligible to be a candidate for the Board of Directors, providing that: 1. The candidate will have reached the age of eighteen (18) years by the official date of the election's commencement; 2. The candidate has submitted by the announced deadline a petition containing the signatures and membership numbers of fifty (50) members of the corporation who support the candidate's candidacy, ...Or nomination by a member of the BOD or a search commitee the BOD may designate for that purpose, Any former Kingdom Great officer Or former BOD member upon thier request shall be nominated. 3. The candidate has submitted by the official deadline a statement of no more than two hundred and fifty (250) words, explaining his/her background and reasons for candidacy to be published with the official ballot. 4. No person may be elected to the Board of Directors for more than THREE consecutive terms. C. ELECTION PROCEDURES. The following procedures will be followed in the election of the Board of Directors: the board of directors to consist of 7 members serving three year terms. Any two members may be excused by the board from attending a given meeting , however, failure to attend for three consecutive board meettings will result in removal. 1. Elections will be conducted as needed through the quarterly publication of the proceedings of the SCA inc. 2. Ballots are to be set out in the issue following the issue containing the election announcement and candidate information. 3. Election results are to be publisheed in the issue of the Proceedings flowwing the issue contaning the Ballot for that election. 4. The ballots will be counted seven days after the published deadline for receipt of ballots by the corporate office manager and two agents designated by the Board of Directors. Any member of the corporation may observe the counting of the ballots. 6. candidates receiving the highest vote totals will be elected 7. Ties will be decided by lot. 8. The results of the election, including all vote tallies, will be published in all kingdom newletters within two months of the completion of the official tally. The Board of Directors will certify the election and inform the candidates of the official tally within one week of the completion of that tally. 9. Any candidate may request a recount within two weeks of the completion of the official tally. Recounts will be conducted in accordance with the procedure established in I.C.5 above within two weeks of receipt of the request for recount. No candidate may request more than one recount. Results of recounts will be published in all kingdom newsletters within two months of the completion of the recount. D. DIRECTORS-ELECT. Directors-elect may participate in all deliberations of the Board of Directors prior to the commencement of their terms, but may not vote until commencement of their terms as directors. F. IMPLEMENTATION. The most senior remaining non-elected director will be replaced by an elected director every other quarter II. RECALL OF DIRECTORS A. DEFINITION OF RECALL. A director who has been recalled is removed from the Board of Directors effective from the date of the recall action. Recall may occur for any reason. B. RECALL PROCEDURES. Members of the Board of Directors may be recalled by any of the following procedures: 1. Through a vote of confidence triggered through the regular survey instrument published in the "Proceedings of the SCA inc." Should 30% of the voting membership request a vote of confidence through thier survey instrument, a ballot containing the names of all sitting directors will be published in the next issue of the proceedings As specified in section III 2. Submission of a petition to the Board of Directors containing the signatures and membership numbers of at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) members of the corporation With at least 500 signitures from each of three different kingdoms. The eligibility of signators must be determined within fifteen working days following delivery of the petition to the corporate office; recall will be effective upon verification. C. REPLACEMENT OF RECALLED DIRECTORS. recalled directors will be replaced through the normal election process. III Publication of the "Proceedings of the SCA Inc." A) the "Proceedings of the SCA inc." Shall be published not less than quarterly with at least on issue published one month prior to each regular BOD meeting, and except in cases emergency, suplemented prior to special meetings of the BOD. B) The 'Proceedings' issue following an emergency meeting must contain as full an account as possible of the nature of the emergency, and the deliberations of the BOD C) CONTENTS: the "Proceedings" are requried to coantain the following elements. 1) The complete agenda for the next BOD meeting, with complete wording of any proposals beign consedered for action. 2)Candidate information and Ballots to fill any BOD vacancies which have occurred or will occur prior to or in the month following the next publication of the proceedings. 3) A nonbinding survey instrument designed to be mailed back to the SCA inc. and raplidly collated/tallied, which shall contain a) A standing space for a petition for a vote of no confidence b) any question a BOD member wishes to place there as well as a space for response c) any items up for formal vote, d) any item passed by the board in their last meeting AND a response area for a 'petition to veto'. Any measure which 20% of the voting membership marks for veto shall be held in suspension for one BOD meeting and should the board elect to repass the same measure, it shall also include in that issue of the PROCEEDINGS a referendum on the matter including theri rational and a veto ballot for that measure. a Veto by 33% of the voting membership shall overide a board decision in this case. 4)An abstraction of the most recently passed board meeting with full formal wordings of actions voted on by The BOD and whether or not they were approved. 5) The mostly recently approved and as yet unpublished minutes of the BOD, including the complete transcript and with an index. 6) detalied reports on the finances and insurance coverge fo the SCA inc. 6) such letters to BOD members/the BOD as the BOD member/BOD wish to publsih with thier response