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The executive officers will have voting rights on all matters where membership wide voting is unnecessary.
B) Regional Representatives
A regional representative will be named from each of the four U.S. regions as defined by USSF. Regional representatives will not vote on executive officer issues but may be called up to represent the organization at events within their respective regions as necessary. They will also be in charge of recruiting and member retention for their areas.
C) Officer Elections
Officers will be elected on an annual basis through internet voting arranged by the active secretary. Elections will take place the first week of December and go into affect the following January.
D) Dismissal
Members can be removed from the organization for incidents such as plagiarism, libel, slander, reckless disregard for journalistic standards or behavior detrimental to the overall goals and ideals of the organization.
Any reporter subject for dismissal will be permitted to explain the incidents which led to a proposed dismissal. If after review by the executive officers it is determined that there are legitimate grounds for dismissal, membership will vote and a 2/3 majority will be required for the reporter’s dismissal.
E) Voting internal matters
All voting for internal matters done by the executive officers will be done with full disclosure to the NASR membership with results published on the NASR website.
All voting for internal matters done by the membership such as officer election will be done through private ballot.
F) Voting external matters
All voting for matters such as Players of the Week, Hall of Fame or other such annual honors will be done with full disclosure with the results published on the NASR website. NEXT >>
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