Upcoming New Council Elections

As the BHNC election approaches, and in about a month we will have a new Neighborhood Council.  I decided to take a look at the current bylaw (circa 2012) that i downloaded from the empowerLA website.  So there are some things that i wanted to point out for the newer candidates, and the returning.  Notice that these rules apply to Executive Officers.  I could not find anything regarding the term limits of Committee Members.

"Article VI OFFICERS
Section 1: Executive Officers of the Board - There shall be six (6) Executive Officers of the BHNC:
President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Outreach & Special Events Officer, and Planning and
Land Use Officer. Executive Officers are expected to attend all BHNC Board and Executive Committee meetings.

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Section 4: Officer Terms - The term for an Executive Officer shall be one (1) year. No person shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms as the same Executive Officer. A Board Officer selected by the Board to fill a vacant Executive Officer seat shall not have this partial term count towards their two (2) term time of service. The selected Officers may be removed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the entire seated Board.

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Section 2: Ad Hoc - Ad Hoc committees may be created by a majority vote of the Executive Committee which shall also approve the committee’s Mission Statement. The committee shall have a termination date of no longer than one (1) year following its creation or the seating of a newly elected Board. Ad Hoc committee chairs shall be appointed by the President, but may be vetoed by the Board.

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Section 3: Committee Creation and Authorization A. Committee Structure - Unless specifically stated in other parts of these bylaws, committee members shall be appointed by the Committee Chair.

Committee membership shall be open to all Stakeholders, and all committees shall have a minimum of three (3) members."

What this means is that some board members can not currently serve in their current position. This will be left up o those who are ultimately elected.