When a long-serving and popular Officer or Director is deliberately retiring, it may be reasonable to adopt a Resolution of Thanks or Commendation.
Directors are normally elected by mail ballot, and the winners announced at the [[Annual Meeting]], which must precede the Annual Board Meeting (by definition). Thus the next item is to recognize those Directors elected or reelected, and formally induct them. As they are elected by the Membership, no vote is needed.
Should the election have failed to elect enough Directors to fill all the vacancies, the Board may then elect additional Directors.
New The new or re-elected Directors are then introduced and installedby the [[Chairman]].
A recess to caucus on the election of the five senior officers is then called. When these offices are obvious to all and uncontested, this may be skipped. The main point of the recess is to keep any discussion out of the Minutes, and allow for a clean slate.