At the upcoming Regional Council Meeting that will be held on Saturday November 13th 2021, we will be conducting our annual elections.
Per Article X Section 2A of the RXI Council Bylaws, the President, 2nd Vice President, Recording Secretary and Treasurer shall hold office beginning in the even number years. The candidates who are elected on November 13th 2021, will begin serving their terms of office on January 1, 2022.
Per Article X Section 2E, no elected/appointed officer shall serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office. Incumbent eligibility to be re-elected is summarized below.
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President- Incumbent is eligible
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2nd Vice President - Incumbent is not eligible
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Treasurer - Incumbent is eligible
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Recording Secretary- Incumbent is eligible
On Saturday November 13th 2021, the Nomination Committee will accept final nominations from the floor and prepare a slate of candidates that will appear on the official ballot.
Per Article IX Section 9D of the RXI Council Bylaws:
The Election Committee will prepare the official ballot reflecting the candidates for each office and then conduct the actual election of officers in conjunction with the slate of candidates presented by the Nomination Committee. After the election, the committee will present the voting results to the body and provide a written certification of the election results to the Regional Council Recording Secretary.
Per Article X Sections 2B, 2C of the RXI Council Bylaws:
All voting shall be executed by secret ballot and no proxy voting shall be allowed.
In order for a candidate to be declared the winner of a specific office, the candidate must receive a simple majority (i.e. 50% +1) of the votes casted for that office.
In the event of a tie, a run-off vote shall continue until one candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.
VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
To be eligible to vote, each primary and alternate regional council representative must be in good financial standing (i.e. membership dues have been paid) at the National, Regional, and Chapter levels. Each chapter will receive 3 votes and must also be in good financial standing with the Region (i.e. regional dues have been paid). However, all chapters must have a current RXI Comprehensive Chapter Update Status Form 4 on file. Therefore, each Chapter President must either verify the accuracy of their current RXI Comprehensive form 4 on file or submit an updated Form 4 to reflect the correct primary and alternate regional representatives for their Chapter to RXI Recording Secretary, Antinique Rawlings; rxirecordingsecretary@gmail.com NLT Monday, October 25, 2021.
The 2021 RXI Nomination Committee is comprised of the following members:
Sandra Richardson (NSF Chapter) - Chairperson
Ida Hayes (NIH Chapter)
Adrienne Shaw (DOL Chapter)
Pia Scott (Benjamin Banneker Chapter)
Shirley Cambrel (Dept. of Energy)
Ray Carmichael (RXI Retired Members)
The 2021 RXI Election Committee is comprised of the following members:
Michelle Batten (DIA Chapter) - Chairperson
Tekia Winder (OPM Chapter)
John Jasik (Carl T. Rowan Chapter)
Dwayne Mitchell (VA HQ Chapter)
Sharrell Davis (Heritage Chapter)
The Nomination Committee is now accepting nominations for the officer positions of President, 2nd Vice President, Recording Secretary and Treasurer, Please submit nominations to Nomination Committee Chair, Ms. Sandra Richardson at rxinomination@gmail.com by 6:00 pm on Thursday November 4th, 2021. When submitting nominations, please include the personal email or phone number of the person(s) that you are nominating.
On or about November 9th 2021, the council will be informed of the names of all nominations that were received prior to the established deadline, Thursday November 4th 2021.
We are looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday November 13th.
Sandra Richardson
Chair, Region XI 2021 Elections Committee
Michelle Batten
Chair, Region XI 2021 Elections Committee
