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,The Board of Directors of The Augustan Society, Inc., is created by the [[By-Laws]]. The , which charge the Board is charged with the governance of the Society.
==Board Membership==
The Board is normally composed of seven [[Directors]], elected annually by the membership to staggered three-year terms. By a 4/5 vote, the Board may change the number of seats. Added seats may be permanent or ad hoc, expiring with the next election cycle. When the number of seats is reduced, reduction in the size of the Board is made only by attrition. Directors may continue to serve their full term, and it's policy that such Directors may stand for re-election, extending their term.
To stand for [[Elections|Election]] and to be seated as a Director, one must be a Member in [[Good Standing]]. However, failing to retain "good standing" will not cause a Director to be removed. Note that Good Standing is required to stand for re-election.
While the Board may create an ad hoc committee consisting of Directors (and others, ex officio), they may not select committee chairmen or committee members. The former are appointed by the [[President]], the latter by the respective committee chairmen.
Exceptions to the above occur when the [[President ]] lacks full confidence in a committee chairman, in which case he may reserve the right to confirm appointmentsby an explicit condition of his appointment.
==[[Agendae]]==
The [[Assistant Secretary]] will receive motions, resolutions, newsworthy items, and suggestions up to ten calendar days before the date of each called meeting of the [[Board]], and assemble them into a draft [[Agendae|Agenda]].
The Assistant Secretary will send the final Agenda to all [[Directors]] not later than seven days before the scheduled meeting, and preferably earlier. (With meetings held on Saturday, the target deadline is 11:59pm Friday.)
Most Directors will receive the Agenda by email (read receipt requested). Those offline, or who have asked for hard copy, may receive it by fax or mail as well.
The Minutes form the official record of the actions of the Board. They may be amended by the Board when it appears that they contain errors. Discussions are thus not described in the minutes, as that would make them official actions, which is not the intent.
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