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Branch Bylaws

ADVANCEMENT AND VACANCIES

17.

  1. Each year the President shall advance to the position of Immediate Past President, the Vice President shall advance to the position of President and the Treasurer shall advance to the position of Vice President.
  2. Should a member of the Board of Directors be unable or unwilling to continue in an office, such office shall be filled as follows:
    1. a vacancy in the office of President shall be filled by the Vice President;
    2. a vacancy in the office of Vice President shall be filled by the Treasurer;
    3. a vacancy in the office of Treasurer shall be filled in accordance with subsection (3);
    4. a vacancy in the office of Immediate Past President shall be filled by appointment by the Board of Directors;
    5. a vacancy in the office of Executive Director shall be filled by the Board of Directors; and
    6. a vacancy in any other position on the Board of Directors shall be filled by appointment by the Nominating Committee.
  3. The election procedure set out in sections 15 and 16 shall apply mutatis mutandis in the event of a vacancy occurring in the position of Treasurer during a Treasurer’s term of office with the following exceptions:
    1. The words “March 15 in each year” and “March 15” in section 15 and “April 15” in section 16 shall read “the date fixed by the Returning Officer”; and
    2. Clause 16(2)(b) shall not apply.