BYLAWS
OF
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COURT MANAGEMENT
(a Virginia nonstock corporation)

Amended August 2000

ARTICLE IV

Officers  

Section 1.        Officers, Election and Term.  The officers shall be:  President, President Elect, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, and Immediate Past President. All officers shall be elected at the annual meeting of members.  They must be Regular members of the Association.  Their terms of office shall be one year, commencing at the close of the annual meeting at which they are elected and ending at the close of the following annual meeting.

Section 2.        Vacancies.  Should a vacancy occur in any office except that of President, the Board of Directors, by majority vote, shall appoint a Regular member to complete the unexpired term.  Should a vacancy occur in the office of President, the President Elect shall succeed to the presidency, complete the unexpired term, and be eligible for election to his or her own term as President.

Section 3.        President.  It shall be the duty of the President to preside at annual or special meetings of the Association and of meetings of the Board of Directors; to appoint committees as set forth in Article VII; and to carry out the purposes of the Association.

Section 4.        President Elect.  It shall be the duty of the President Elect to assist the President in the discharge of his or her duties and, in the President’s absence, to assume the full responsibilities of that office.

Section 5.        Vice President.  It shall be the duty of the Vice President to assist the President Elect in the discharge of his or her duties and, in the absence of the President Elect, to assume his or her full responsibilities and duties, as well as those pertaining to the office of President should the necessity arise.

Section 6.        Secretary/Treasurer.  It shall be the duty of the Secretary/Treasurer to make a record of the proceedings of the Association’s annual meeting; to advise the President of all official correspondence received addressed to the Association; to prepare and send all correspondence on behalf of the Association when so directed by the President or by the Board of Directors; to assure that corporate reports required by state and federal statutes are prepared and filed; to assure that an accurate record of the membership of the Association is kept; to assure that certificates are furnished to members of the Association upon payment of their annual dues; to review all financial reports prepared by the Secretariat and report any discrepancies to the Secretariat and the President; to ascertain that all funds of the Association are deposited in the name of the Association, in a bank designated by the Board of Directors; to provide that a financial report is presented at the annual meeting showing all monies on hand at the beginning of the new term, monies received and expended, from who and for what, during the past term; and in all ways to assist the President and other officers of the Association in the discharge of their duties.

Section 7.        Immediate Past President.  It shall be the duty of the Immediate Past President to assist the President during the transition period and to serve as an advisor throughout the term of the President.  The Immediate Past President shall also chair the Nominations Committee and the Past Presidents Committee.