The interim Pacifica National Board invites you to nominate
a person or persons to sit on the Pacifica National Board.
Please help contribute to the future leadership of the Pacifica
Foundation and help the foundation build forward-looking vision
that includes the important perspective of our rapidly growing
network of affiliated community radio stations.
PLEASE READ THE PACIFICA BYLAW EXCERPTS PROVIDED BELOW FOR
COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL PROVISIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS - ELIGIBILITY, NUMBER, POWERS
AND DUTIES
A. DIRECTORS DEFINED
Directors are those natural persons who have been elected
to and are serving on the Foundation's Board of Directors
("Board").
B. ELIGIBILITY
Any Delegate who is currently serving as a Delegate and
has served at least one (1) year as a Delegate is eligible
for election to the office of Director by the Delegates
for his/her radio station area subject to Section 3 of this
Article of the Bylaws. Any natural person who is not currently
serving as a Delegate for any radio station area is eligible
for nomination and election as an "affiliate"
director or an "at large" director, subject to
Section 4 or 5 of this Article of the Bylaws. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no person who holds any elected or appointed
public office at any level of government -- federal, state,
or local -- or is a candidate for such office, shall be
eligible for election to the position of Director. A Director
shall be deemed to have resigned the position of Director
if s/he becomes a candidate for public office or accepts
a political appointment during his or her term as a Director.
This restriction shall not apply to civil service employment
by governmental agencies.
C. NUMBER
There shall be a minimum of twenty-two (22) and a maximum
for twenty-three (23) Directors of the Foundation. The Board
of Directors shall fix by resolution, from time to time,
the exact number of Directors within the minimum and maximum
numbers permitted herein. The Board shall have equal representation
from each of the Foundation's five radio stations. The Delegates
from the five Foundation radio stations shall each elect
four (4) Directors: three (3) of whom shall be Listener-Sponsor
Delegates and one (1) of whom shall be a Staff Delegate
-- for a total of twenty (20) "Station Representative"
Directors, as set forth in Section 3 of this Article of
the Bylaws. In addition, the Board shall elect two (2) "Affiliate
Representative" Directors from nominees submitted as
set forth in Section 4 of this Article of the Bylaws. If
the Board, by resolution, fixes the number of Directors
at 23, then one additional Director shall be nominated and
elected as an "At-large" Director as set forth
in Section 5 of this Article of the Bylaws.
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SECTION 2. TERM
The term of a Director shall be one (1) year. A Director
may serve no more than five consecutive one-year terms.
A Director shall not be eligible for further service as
a Director until one year has elapsed after the termination
of a Director's fifth consecutive one-year term.
SECTION 4. NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVE
DIRECTORS
A. NOMINATION
Any Foundation "affiliate station" (as defined
below) or any association of affiliate stations may nominate
one or more candidates for the two Affiliate Director positions
on the Board. Nominations shall close on February 15th each
year and shall be submitted in writing to the Foundation
Secretary. Every affiliate station or association of affiliate
stations submitting nominee(s) shall include with said nomination(s)
a written explanation of its procedure for selecting the
nominee(s). Said statement shall be certified by the station
general manager or the governing board secretary of each
affiliate station nominating said candidate(s) or by the
secretary of the association of affiliate stations, as appropriate.
In addition, each nominee shall submit his/her resume and
a statement of his/her interest in serving as a Director
of the Foundation. The Foundation Secretary shall forward
to all Foundation Directors all materials submitted supporting
each nominee not later than March 1st.
For purposes of this Section, an "affiliate station"
shall be defined as any non-profit non-commercial broadcaster
that broadcasts programming provided or distributed by the
Foundation pursuant to a written agreement with the Foundation,
including, for example, community radio stations, internet
broadcasters or digital broadcasters, as such technology
may be developed. An affiliate station shall not be a radio
station whose broadcast license is held by the Foundation.
For purposes of this Section, an "association of affiliate
stations" shall be defined as any group of affiliate
stations that have joined together to form an association,
provided that said association has adopted bylaws and its
membership is limited solely of affiliate stations.
B. ELECTION
As the first order of business at the Board meeting in March
each year, the Directors present and voting (excluding any
then current Affiliate or At-Large Directors from the vote)
shall elect two (2) Affiliate Representative Directors from
the nominees submitted by affiliate stations and/or affiliate
station associations, using the Single Transferable Voting
method. Affiliate Directors shall serve for a one-year term,
which shall commence immediately upon their election.
