X11. Meetings of the board, elections, terms of office, vacancies and dismissals:
A. Meetings.
The Board of Directors shall meet three (2 times) a year. The first meeting will take place immediately after the session of the Annual General Membership Meeting.
The Staff of the Central Office will take and compile the minutes every Board meeting. All minutes of the Board will be approved and signed by the Chairman of the Board before such minutes are permanently archived in the Central Office.
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B. Elections/Nominations
Any person is eligible to be a Director of ISRAACA who:
a.�Meets the eligibility requirements of ISRAACA set out in Article IV
b.�Is not an employee of the ISRAACA
c.�Is otherwise legally competent to conduct business and enter contracts
The affairs of ISRAACA shall be governed by a Board of Directors comprised of (Seven) Directors elected by the members of the organization. All Directors elected shall hold office for a period of two years.
Directors shall normally be elected by a majority of the members in attendance personally at the annual general meeting of the corporation. The election of the directors shall be conducted by ballot. The candidate or candidates with the largest number of votes shall fill director vacancies where the number of candidates exceeds the number of vacancies filled.
C. Nominations for vacant Director positions shall be submitted in writing to the Chair of the committee responsible for nominations at least 10 days in advance of the meeting at which the vote is to be held. At least two members of the Board should endorse a nomination and such endorsement must be writing.� The nominee must also accept the nomination and provide such acceptance in writing.
Any vacancy in a Director position, however caused, may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors so long as a quorum of directors remain in office. A Director so elected shall remain in office for the duration of the vacant term. The directors shall not fill a vacancy in the manner specified in this clause during the ninety (90) day period immediately preceding an annual general meeting. If there is not a quorum of directors, the remaining directors shall forthwith assign the nominating committee to get at least 15 members of good standing to endorse the nomination of the Board to fill the vacancy.
D. Dismissals
A director shall automatically cease to hold office if�:
a. A resolution to that effect is passed by two-thirds majority of the members of ISRAACA voting at a meeting duly called for that purpose or at an annual general meeting; or
b. The director otherwise ceases to be eligible as a member under the terms of clause IV of this charter.
