At the first regular meeting in January at which newly elected and certified board members are seated in the prior election years and non-election years, the board will elect a president and a vice-president to serve one-year terms. A newly appointed board member will not be eligible to serve as an officer or legislative representative unless a majority of the board has been appointed.
If a Board member is unable to continue to serve as an officer, a replacement will be elected immediately. In the absence of both the president and the vice president, the board will elect a president pro tempore who will perform the functions of the president during the latter's absence.
The Superintendent will act as board secretary. To provide a record of the proceedings of each board meeting, the superintendent will appoint a recording secretary to the board.
In even-numbered years at the same meeting, a WSSDA legislative representative will be elected to serve a two-year term.
The regular order of business will be modified for the annual organizational meeting by considering the following matters after the approval of the minutes of the previous meeting:
A. Welcome and introduction of newly elected board members by the chair/president;
B. Call for nominations for chair/president to serve during the ensuing year;
C. Election of a chair/president (roll call vote);
D. Assumption of office by the new chair/president will be at the next meeting;
E. Call for nominations for vice chair/president to serve during the ensuing year;
F. Election of a vice chair/president (roll call vote);
G. Call for nominations for WSSDA legislative representative to serve for the next two years (if applicable);
H. Election of a WSSDA legislative representative may also be required if the sitting legislative representative is appointed to president or vice president.
Policies will continue from year to year and board to board until and unless the board changes them.
