Arkansas 1-10-07 Bylaws-revised

• Basin Roundtable: Arkansas
• Title: By-laws for the Arkansas Basin Roundtable
• Date: 3/8/2006
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: By-Laws

1) A quorum of three - fourths (.75) of the voting roundtable members must be present
to select the IBCC representatives. The chairman may, at his/her discretion, postpone
the selection if the attendance of members is hampered by weather.
2) Members of the roundtable must be present to cast their vote.
3) Candidates for IBCC Representative:
a. Must be a roundtable member;
b. Do not have to be present to be selected;
c. Are requested to make a presentation of his/her qualification at the selection
meeting, if possible. Please limit the presentation to a maximum of five (5)
minutes.
B. Initial IBCC Representative Voting Procedures
1) Voting will be by secret ballot with a tally provided by a neutral party of the
c hairman’s selection.
2) When two representatives are to be selected, each vo ting roundtable member will
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vote for two different persons on the 1 Ballot.
a. If any c andidate receives two - thirds (2/3) of the vote, that person is elected
as an IBCC Representative for an initial term of three (3) years. If two
c andidates receive tw o - thirds (2/3) of the votes each, the c andidate receiving
the largest number of votes shall serve a three (3) year term and the other
r epresentative will serve a two (2) year term.
3) If no c andidate receives two - thirds of the votes, the number of c andidat es will be
reduced by one by eliminating the c andidate that received the least number of votes.
Voting roundtable members will follow the procedures in B. 2) above, voting again
for two persons (and in the case of no c andidate receiving two - thirds (2/3), reducing
by one the number of c andidates in turn), until at least one (1) ca ndidate receives two -
thirds (2/3) of the vote or only two (2) c andidates remain.
4) After one (1) IBCC has been selected for a three (3) year term via the procedures
above, the vot ing roundtable members shall vote for one(1) c andidate of the then
remaining c andidates (only those not yet eliminated) for a two (2) year term.
C. Subsequent IBCC Representatives Voting
1) When an IBCC Representative’s Term expires, the voting members of the
roundtable will reelect the representative or select a new representative by a two -
thirds margin using the procedures outlined above.
2) If and when the number of Candidates, in sequential balloting, has been reduced to
two (2), the representative wil l be selected by simple majority.
D. IBCC Representatives Term
1) Each IBCC Representative will serve a two (2) year term, except for the initial
three (3) year term described above.
2) IBCC Representatives are discharged from their position of representat ion if:
a. There being a quorum as determined by the Chairman, three - fourths (3/4)
of the voting members present vote to recall a representative, or;
b. An IBCC Representative has three (3) consecutive, unexcused absences
from the Interbasin Compact Commi ttee meetings.
E. IBCC Representative Alternate
ABRT Bylaws 12 Revised 8/9/06
Revised 1/10/07