Directors

5. Failure to Attend Meetings

As of June 2000, the position of any officer or director who fails to attend three (3) consecutive board of directors or Executive Committee meetings, without being excused, shall be declared vacant by the board of directors or the Executive Committee, as the case may be, and notice of such action shall be sent to the officer or director concerned.

Policy C.2 When Board or Executive Committee members are absent from Board or Executive Committee meetings, respectively, the President shall determine, as required by bylaw 10(c), whether individual absences are “excused” or “unexcused” and the minutes shall so record. For absences from other committee meetings, this determination shall be made by the chair of that committee.

REASONS FOR AMENDMENT:
• Excused and unexcused are not well defined; this fact plus policy C.2 gives the president overly broad discretionary powers on what is unexcused and therefore who becomes eventually removed.
• "Consecutive meetings" is also ambiguous, as not all board members are officers.

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Directors

5. Failure to Attend Meetings

5.1. Attendance Requirements
All directors, officers, and Executive Committee members are expected to attend all regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors and, where applicable, the Executive Committee.

5.2. Excused and Unexcused Absences
The Board shall adopt and maintain an Attendance Policy that defines excused and unexcused absences, the process for reporting and classifying absences, and any procedures for reclassification. Absences shall be recorded in the meeting minutes in accordance with that policy.

5.3. Consequences of Unexcused Absences
A director who incurs three (3) consecutive unexcused absences from Board of Directors meetings shall have their position declared vacant by the Board of Directors.

An Executive Committee member who incurs three (3) consecutive unexcused absences from either Board of Directors meetings or Executive Committee meetings shall have their position declared vacant by the Executive Committee.

Written notice of such action shall be provided to the member.