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BY LAWS
OF
THE NATIONAL MEDIA MARKET

ARTICLE II. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A. Board Members

  1. The management of the business and affairs of the Association shall be vested in the Board of Directors, which shall consist of eight (8) board members.
  2. The Board of Directors shall consist of four (4) Board member Representatives and four (4) Board member Officers.
  3. Four (4) board members shall be elected from any of the following Market groups:
    1. Public or State Libraries
    2. School (K-12) Libraries or School Systems
    3. Special, College or University Libraries
    4. Instructional Television and/or other media related technologies
  4. Four (4) board members shall be elected from the Commercial motion media or related Industries group.
  5. Elected members of the Board of Directors must be employed in the category to which elected and may serve their elected terms only so long as they represent their elected category. All Board members who are noncommercial representatives must be active buyers. Active is defined as having attended (2) two or more Markets in the last five (5) years. All commercial representatives must exhibit at the Market in order to remain on the Board.
  6. In the event that a member ceases to be employed in the category to which they are elected, they must submit their resignation within 30 days.
  7. Election of members of the Board of Directors shall be in compliance with ARTICLE II, SECTION B, and ARTICLE III.
  8. The Market Director serves as Ex-Officio member of the Board of Directors.

B. Elections

  1. All Board members are elected for a two (2) year term. Board members can serve for three full terms, conditional upon re-election for the second and third terms.
  2. All Board vacancies shall be filled upon the expiration of a term by election or resignation by appointment.
  3. Anyone appointed to fill a vacated, unexpired Board position shall serve for the length of time remaining in that term; with election possible for two more full terms.

C. Board Meetings

  1. The Board of Directors shall hold regular meetings during the National Media Market each year.
  2. The Chair or three (3) other board members may request supplemental Board meeting as Market business matters warrant, to be approved by a majority of the Board.
  3. Phone teleconferences or other methods may be substituted for "in person" supplemental meetings if acceptable by a majority of the Board.
  4. All past members of the Association's Board of Directors are welcome to attend any Market Board Meeting as guests of the Board; guests may speak in support of Board business but may not directly participate.
  5. A position on the Board of Directors will be vacated if the person holding that position misses two consecutive meetings.

D. Voting

  1. Decisions made on behalf of the Association shall be determined by majority votes of the duly elected members present in person or by written proxy at a meeting in which a quorum is present.
  2. Five (5) members (of the eight duly elected Board of Directors) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction business.
  3. With a quorum, absent members may also be represented and vote by written proxy
  4. No Board member may execute more than one proxy vote.