BOARD ELECTION PROPOSAL: I. ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS A. ELECTORS. All persons holdings sustaining, associate, family, or international memberships will be members of the corporation for purposes of election of the Board of Directors. B. CANDIDATES. Any member of the corporation 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; 3. The candidate has submitted by the official deadline a signed statement of his/her willingness to serve if elected and proof of membership (e.g., membership number); 4. 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. 5. No person may be elected to the Board of Directors for more than two consecutive terms. C. ELECTION PROCEDURES. The following procedures will be followed in the election of the Board of Directors: 1. Elections will be conducted in three-year cycles. In the first year of the cycle, three directors will be elected. In each of the second and third years of the cycle, two directors will be elected. The terms of directors will be three years. 2. All members of the corporation under I.A above will be sent by mail under the same cover from the corporate office at the official date for the election's commencement: a. A listing of the statements of the candidates in alphabetical order by legal name. No officer or agent of the corporation will alter the statement of any candidate, except as required by law (e.g., libel or obscenity); b. A ballot containing the legal and society names of the candidates on which the members of the corporation may vote for up to three candidates in the first year of the election cycle and up to two candidates in in each of the second and third years of the election cycle; c. A statement of the official deadline by which the ballot must be postmarked to be counted. d. An envelope addressed to the corporate office in which to return the ballot. Postage for returning the ballot is the responsibility of the member of the corporation. 4. Ballots postmarked after the official deadline for return to the corporate office are void. 5. The ballots will be counted seven days after the official 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. In elections conducted in the first year of the cycle, the three candidates receiving the highest vote totals will be elected; in elections conducted in the second and third year of the cycle, the two 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. E. OFFICIAL DEADLINES. The following official deadlines will be followed for election of directors: 1. Deadline for submission of candidacy materials: 15 January; 2. Mailing of ballots: 15 March; 3. Deadline for postmark of ballots: 30 April; 4. Date of official tally: 7 May; 5. Date by which candidates must be informed of official tally results: 15 May; 6. Deadline for requests for recount: 28May; 7. Deadline for completion of recount: 4 June; 8. Commencement of term as directors for directors- elect: January board meeting. F. IMPLEMENTATION. The three most senior directors at the time of adoption of this proposal will vacate their directorships at the conclusion of the first election. In the first election following adoption of this proposal, three directors will be elected. In each of the next two succeeding years two of the remaining non-elected directors in order of seniority will vacate their directorships at the conclusion of each year's election. 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. Majority vote of the Board of Directors; recall will be effective immediately. 2. Two-thirds majority vote of the Crowns and Kingdom Seneschals of the Laurel Kingdoms; the king, queen, and kingdom seneschal of each kingdom will each have one vote for purposes of recall; recall will be effective upon receipt of notification of the vote at the corporate office. 3. 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. The eligibility of signators must be determined within five (5) working days following delivery of the petition to the corporate office; recall will be effective upon verification. C. REPLACEMENT OF RECALLED DIRECTORS. Replacement of a recalled director will take place at the next regular election of directors. The number of directors to be elected will be increased by the number of recalled directors if at least a full year of the recalled directors' terms remains. The regular director positions will be filled first, and the remaining recalled positions will be filled by the candidates receiving the next highest number of votes. Candidates elected to replace a recalled director will serve the remainder of the term of the recalled director.