The Augustan Society, Inc., holds an election '''Election''' annually in July (and occasionally at other times) to select those officers who are selected by election.
Should there be no objection at the Annual Meeting, or from the subsequent Board meeting if no quorum is had at the Annual Meeting, Headquarters Staff will destroy the ballots, retaining only the vote counts.
==[[By-Laws]] Amendments==
While the [[Board]] is authorized to make most amendments to the By-Laws, any amendment that has the effect of reducing member control or input to Society operations must be approved by the membership, with the sole exception of changing the number of Directors which the By-Laws specifically authorize the Board to do with a super-majority.
To the extent possible Amendments should be presented at the time of the annual election to save costs, and the questions may be placed on the same ballot sheet as the candidates. Thus a single Ballot Envelope is sufficient.
Amendments that find no objection from either the members of the Board or from [[Headquarters Staff]] may have the text of the amendment accompanied by a brief explanation of the impact, should it not be obvious. Where dissent is heard, two statements of equal length should be authorized, with respected and articulate proponents of each side invited to submit. The length should be a function of the complexity, but should not be so great that both cannot fit on a single sheet of paper. Additional argument may be permitted in ''[[Augustæum]]'', but this should be done well in advance of the voting so as to permit rebuttal.
Amendments submitted to the membership at either the [[Annual Meeting]] or via ballot require only a majority of the votes cast to prevail.
Members of the NCR will mark their ballots as directed and return them to Headquarters not later than 1 August.
==Ballot Counting== [[Headquarters Staff ]] will arrange to have the ballots counted by non-members in time for the results to be presented to the next regular [[Board ]] meeting next following the Annual Meeting close of the election for confirmation.
Should there be no objection at the above Board meeting, Headquarters Staff will destroy the ballots, retaining only the vote counts.