# The members in [[Good Standing]] elect the members of the [[Board|Board of Directors]]
# The Board of Directors elects from its number the senior [[Elected Officers|Officers]], and from the membership elects the minor officers.# The Board contracts with the Consuls and others for facilities and services.
# The [[President]] names the [[Committee Chairmen|Chairmen]] of all principal committees, whether of the Board or of the Membership, including [[Committee Chairmen|Deans]] of the [[Lineage Groups]], and the [[Dean of Studies]].
# Committee Chairmen name the members of their committees, a minority of whom may be non-members.
'''Proposal: The Society should consider linking the number of [[Directors]] to the size of the membership, with a maximum of fifteen, a target of 10% of the membership, and a minimum of five.'''
This suggests that if the membership drops to 70, that the size of the Board might be reduced to seven members. Conversely, should the membership increase to 110, then the size might be increased to eleven. In either case, some amendment of the staggered election cycle would be needed, and a neutral method for implementing the change will be needed.
The change in size can be implemented either through a [[By-Laws]] amendment, or by a 4/5 vote of the Board to change the number of [[Directors]].
An interesting note comes from reviewing attendance. Attendance as a percentage of the Board generally increases as the number of Directors decreases. Even more interesting, the average attendance for a 15-member Board and a 9-member Board was the same: five. This suggests that changes in increasing the number of Directors is unlikely to have much impacton the size of the working Board. It also suggests that vacancies on the Board are not a significant challenge, so long as a quorum can be obtained from the remaining Directors.
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# The Chairmen of each major department are elected to the Board either by nomination and election, or by deliberate appointment.
'''Proposal: The Society should consider how important it is that each department be represented on the [[Board]] by a dedicated [[Directors|Director]], and if this is felt important, then steps should be taken to ensure that this is the case, possibly by amending the [[By-Laws]] to reduce the number of elected seats and provide for appointment of each Department Headto the Board.'''
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