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Section 8.3. Term of Office.
- Elected Officers. The elected officers shall be elected at a regular General Assembly in an odd-numbered year and shall take office immediately after the close of such General Assembly.
- President. The President shall serve for a term of six years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. No President shall serve more than one term; and any partial term of more than two years served by reason of appointment and/or election to office pursuant to subsection 8.7(a) below shall be considered a full term for purposes of this subsection.
- Moderator. The Moderator shall serve for a term of six years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. No Moderator shall serve more than one term; and any partial term of more than two years served by reason of appointment and/or election to office pursuant to subsection 8.7(a) below shall be considered a full term for purposes of this subsection.
- Financial Advisor. The Financial Advisor shall serve for a term of four years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. No Financial Advisor shall serve more than two successive terms; and any partial term of more than two years served by reason of appointment and/or election to office pursuant to subsection 8.7(a) below shall be considered a full term for purposes of this subsection.
- Appointed Non-salaried Officers. The appointed non-salaried officers shall serve for one or more terms of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
- Transition Provision. The bylaw amendment changing the term of office of the President from four years to a single term of six years shall become effective for the election of the President at the regular General Assembly in 2017. The President elected at the regular General Assembly in 2013 shall not be eligible for election in 2017. The bylaw amendment changing the term of office of the Moderator from four years to a single term of six years shall become effective for the election of the Moderator at the regular General Assembly in 2013. The bylaw amendment calling for the election of a Presidential Search Committee (Section 5.2) shall become effective for the election of members of the Presidential Search Committee at the regular General Assembly in 2013. The first two sentences of this transition provision shall automatically be deleted from the bylaws following the regular General Assembly in 2017. The third, fourth and last sentences of this transition provision shall automatically be deleted from the bylaws following the regular General Assembly in 2013.
Note
The 2011 General Assembly adopted changes to Sections 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.8, 8.3, 8.7, 9.1, 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.11, 9.12, and 9.13 of the Bylaws and to Rule G-9.12.2 that will reduce the size of the UUA Board from 26 persons to 14 and change the process of election of trustees. Some of those changes become effective at the close of the 2012 General Assembly, others at the close of the 2013 General Assembly. Those changes for 2012 and 2013 are set out here (PDF).
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Last updated on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
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