Special Meeting ~ Election Slate of  Board of Directors and President- Elect 

Special Meeting of the Full Membership

Rotary Club of Traverse City

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

 

Allison Beers, Presiding

 

In accordance with Article II, Section 2 of the Bylaws, I shall now call to order a special meeting of the corporate membership of the Rotary Club of Traverse City.  Mr. Secretary, is there a quorum? Yes

 

The purpose of this meeting is to announce the slate of proposed officer and board members and take nominations from the floor for three board seats, and President-Elect of the Rotary Club of Traverse City for the 2019-2020 Rotary year. Elections will be held during the Annual Meeting of the Rotary Club on Tuesday, October 30, 2018.

 

In accordance with the bylaws, the Board of Directors is made up of eleven Rotarians:  six directors and five officers, all of whom except the Treasurer are elected by the general

membership.  An elected Director serves a two-year term.  Each year we elect three new Directors. The President-Elect serves a one-year term and shall succeed to the office of President for the ensuing year.

 

Nominees from the floor must be:

  • A member in good standing of the Rotary Club of Traverse City

  • Agree to serve if elected

  • Agree to fulfill the responsibilities of the office

 

After careful consideration of the eligible members, in preparation for the

election, and in accordance with the bylaws of the Rotary Club of Traverse City, the Nominating Committee presents the following slate of candidates for election:

 

To fill three Board member seats for two-year terms for the Board of Directors:

 

Tony Anderson

Lisa Pointe

Jennifer Casey

Trevor Tkach

Greg Luyt

Sid VanSlyke

 

To fill the position of President-Elect:

 

Richard ‘Mack’ Beers

 

In addition to the slate of candidates just announced, are there any nominations from the floor for the board of directors? No nominations from the floor.


If there are no nominations from the floor, I will accept a motion that the nominations be closed.

 

Moved by: Lee Torrey        

Seconded by: Chuck Korn

 

All in favor.  All opposed.

 

There being no further business to conduct during this meeting, I will accept a motion to adjourn the meeting.

 

Moved by: Thom Paulson

Seconded by: Warren Call

 

All in favor.  All opposed.

 

The election will be held during the Annual Meeting of the Membership on October 30, 2018, during our regular club meeting to be held at the Park Place Hotel