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Amendment 1 to Article VII of CAPA Bylaws: “President-Elect of CAPA”

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1. Only Lifetime Members and Active Regular Members can vote. If you want to renew your membership, please visit the membership page.

2. The election will be open from 12:00pm EST, 01/03/2025 to 12:00pm EST, 01/05/2025.

3. The election results will be announced within one week after voting.

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The current Bylaws of CAPA Article VII:

SECTION 1. Election of BOD members by CAPA members

  1. The candidate for a BOD member shall be a lifetime member or regular member for at least three consecutive years and who has been actively involved in CAPA activities. The candidates of the BOD shall register with Election Committee and the eligibility shall be reviewed by the Election Committee.
  2. The BOD members shall be elected by majority votes of CAPA members.
  3. The election results shall be announced by the Election Committee.
  4. Members of the BOD may run for a second term or run for President, both with a minimum of one intervening year of not serving as a member of the BOD before the new term.

SECTION 2. Election of President by the BOD

  1. The candidate for President shall be a lifetime member or regular member for at least five consecutive years, who has been actively involved in CAPA activities, and who has served at least one full term of the BOD or EC member, Treasurer, or as chair of CAPA committee (co-chairs and subcommittee chairs excluded). Eligibility shall be reviewed by the Election Committee.
  2. The candidate with a simple majority of votes shall be elected as the President by the BOD. If multiple candidates are present and no one attains a simple majority in the first round of voting, additional round(s) of voting on the top two candidates by the prior voting results shall be required until one candidate attains a simple majority of votes. If there are multi-way tie, a ranked voting can be used to break the tie so as to select out the top two candidates for additional round(s) of voting.
  3. There shall be no anonymous vote and the voting records are open to the general members.
  4. The results shall be announced by the BOD.
  5. The President can run for the same position or a BOD position with a minimum of five intervening years between the terms.