| YOUR VOTE REQUESTED ON PROPOSED BYLAWS CHANGE
Deadline to vote is 5:00 pm Pacific Time on July 16, 2010
The proposed change would affect Article XIV Section 5. Any individual that had recently served on the DEMA Board of Directors for two consecutive elected terms would be prevented from volunteering or being considered for further service on the DEMA Board until they had vacated the Board for a minimum of one year.
The proposed article reads:
ARTICLE XIV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 5. Term.
Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this article XIV, Directors shall be elected to office for three-year terms, may be re-elected to serve no more than one (1) consecutive full three-year term and no more than seven (7) consecutive years in office, and may be re-elected to office following a minimum continuous break in service of one (1) year. The terms of the elected Directors begin, they shall be installed, and their terms end at the commencement of the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual election of Directors, which meeting shall be held within the first calendar quarter following each such election.
The current article reads:
ARTICLE XIV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 5. Term.
Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this article XIV, Directors shall be elected to office for three-year terms. The terms of the elected Directors begin, they shall be installed, and their terms end at the commencement of the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual election of Directors, which meeting shall be held within the first calendar quarter following each such election.
To review the DEMA Bylaws in their entirety, log on to www.dema.org.
PLEASE NOTE:
- Date of Record: Only regular (Category A) DEMA memberships renewed or in force for 2010 on June 18, 2010 by 5:00 pm Pacific Time will be eligible to vote in this election. Contact us at membership@dema.org or (858) 616-6408 x105 for more information or to renew your 2010 DEMA membership.
- Quorum: As described in the DEMA Bylaws, a quorum must vote in this election in order for the results to be valid. A quorum is defined as one-third of the total voting power of the association at the date of record for this election.
- In order to be valid your company's vote must be received no later than 5:00 pm Pacific Time, July 16, 2010.
- YOU ARE ADVISED TO RESEARCH THE PROS AND CONS OF BOARD TERM LIMITS PRIOR TO VOTING
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