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Section 4. Qualifications.
The member represented by the Director
must be in good standing at the time of
the Director's nomination and throughout
their term of office. If during a Director's
term of office, the member represented
by the Director is no longer in good standing, or the Director is not employed by a
ARTICLE VIII. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
member in good standing, the Director
will be automatically terminated from
Section 1. Number.
such directorship unless, within ninety (90)
The governing body of the Association days, such Director becomes a member
shall be the Board which shall be com- or is employed by a member of the same
posed of no less than seventeen (17) nor membership classification held by the
more than twenty-one (21) members as member represented by the Director at
follows: the five (5) officers, no less than the time the director was elected.
five (5) or more than nine (9) directors
employed by Owner Members, two (2) Section 5. Removal
most recent Past Presidents willing and Any director may be removed from office
able to serve and who are employed by after a hearing for cause, by an affirmaan Owner Member, and four (4) directors tive three-fourths (3/4) vote of the entire
who are Associate Members, and the membership of the Board. (Revised OcPresident of the Product Service Council. tober 16, 2008)
In addition to the regular members of the
Board, all Honorary Life Board Members Section 6. Meetings of the Board.
shall sit as non-voting members of the The President shall serve as presiding offiBoard.
cer of all the meetings of the Board. The
Board shall determine the schedule for
Section 2. Term.
regular meetings each fiscal year at such
Elected directors shall serve a term of two places and times as designated by the
(2) years, unless earlier terminated as pro- Board. No more than one regular meetvided herein, and shall be eligible to suc- ing shall occur during a calendar month
ceed themselves, if duly nominated and unless called by the President. Special
elected, for two (2) additional successive Meetings of the Board may be called
terms.
by the President or upon the executed
petition of five (5) of the members of the
Section 3. Election.
Board. Directors may participate in meetDirectors shall be elected pursuant to Art. ings by electronic means which allows all
X, Sec. 1 at the Annual Meeting of mem- persons in the meeting to hear one anbers with their term of office automatical- other. Participation in such a meeting
ly commencing on January 1 of the year electronically shall constitute presence in
following their election. The Board shall person at the meeting, except where a
set rules so that, as nearly as possible, one person participates in the meeting for the
half of the Board shall be elected each express purpose of objecting to the transyear.
action on the ground that the meeting is
not lawfully called or convened.
Elect an election, pursuant to Article X,
shall be held to elect a President-Elect to
fulfill the remaining term of office. Such
election shall occur at the earliest of an
Annual Meeting or Special Meeting. A
Special Meeting may be called for the
sole purpose of filling such vacancy.

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