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6'19 - • Each new group requesting affiliation with TYHA and as approved by a 2/3 majority vote, will be entitled to ( 1 ) seat as a Board of Director at large. This individual will and agrees, by joining and accepting this position to in accordance with the TYHA by-laws. Any group or individual that falls this category will further need to comply with this boards rulings as they relate to their groups actions or purpose unless specifically waived by a 2/3 vote majority of the Board. sub article A: Eligibility. Any member of the Association, as defined in Article 4 of the bylaws, shall be eligible for election to the Board of Directors of the Association. sub article B: Method of Election. No later than the first week in January of each year, the sitting Board of Directors shall appoint a Nominating Committee of no less than five (5) members from the Board and general membership for the purpose of assembling a slate of candidates for election to the Board for the following year. Each age division shall be represented on this committee. After soliciting broad input from the Association membership, by February 1 , the Committee shall present a slate with one or more candidates for each office to the full Board. A simple majority of voting members is required to confirm the slate. Upon confirmation by the Board, a mail-in ballot, including a biographical sketch of each candidate, will be provided to each family of a registered player no later than February 15. Each family may cast only one ( 1) ballot per registered player. Members without a registered player are also permitted one(1 ) ballot . Write-in candidates are permitted. To be counted, the ballots must be returned to the Secretary of the Association, either by mail or by the division Parent Representative, no later than March 1 . Election to office will be by a imple majority of all votes cast for each position. The new Board members 1 be presented to the assembled membership at the Annual Meeting, and will be invited to attend all meetings of the Board as non-voting members until they take office on June 1 . sub article C: Term of Office. Directors shall be elected for a renewable term of two years. To assure continuity of leadership, the terms are overlapping so that only one-half the offices are contested each year. sub article D: Duties of Officers. 1 ) The President shall be responsible for: overall direction of the Association' s activities, including calling and presiding over regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors' and the Association membership; serving as the Associations primary representative to the MAHL or any future organization with which the Association may affiliate at a later time. Except for those activities which require Board action as referenced elsewhere in these Bylaws, He/She has full authority to act on behalf of the Association, and to make commitments in the best interests of the Association. 2) The Vice-President for Finance shall be responsible for: preparing the annual Association budget; providing oversight to, management of the Association' s financial and fund-raising activities; all Association audit functions; and carrying out the responsibilities of the President in the ,vent of His/Her temporary absence or incapacitation. TYHA Bylaws Page 3