Highlights:
A. General
There shall be four elected Officers of the MCRCC: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.
Any person who has been a member of the MCRCC for 180 days or elected in the May election immediately prior to the Organizational Meeting shall be eligible to hold office.
B. Election
Candidates for Officers shall notify the Secretary in writing or electronically of their candidacy no later than 15 days prior to the General Election in the years the Organizational Meeting occurs.
The Secretary will send the list of candidates who have submitted intent to run for an Officer position to voting members no later than 10 days prior to the date of the General Election.
Officers will be elected by majority vote of those duly-elected and certified PCPs present at the meeting. If there is more than one candidate for an office, voting shall be by secret written ballot.
C. Term of Office
Officers shall be elected for a two-year term. Persons elected to fill a vacancy shall serve only until the completion of the term.
D. Vacancies
Should a vacancy occur in the office of Chair, the Vice-Chair shall assume the office of Chair until a new Chair is elected at an MCRCC meeting within the following 90 days.
When vacancies in any other office prescribed in this article occur, the Executive Committee shall select a qualified person to perform the duties of the office until a new Officer is duly elected at a meeting of the MCRCC.