Section 1. Direction of the
Community shall be vested in a Board of Directors, hereinafter called the
Board.
Section 2. The Board membership
shall consist of ten(10) lay members and one(1) clergy member.
Section 3. One half (1
) of the board members shall be elected each year to serve a term of two
years. Any person who has served as a team member on a three day weekend
event and, who is an active member of a local Fourth Day Community and an
Accountability Group is eligible to be a member of the Board. No Board
member can serve more than one consecutive elected term in the same position
except the Newsletter Editor. At the September gathering, the membership
shall nominate three members from the floor, to serve on the Nominating
Committee along with the Lay Director. These four members will present a
slate of nominations to the Community for consideration at the November
Gathering. At the November Gathering, nominations will also be accepted from
the floor from any current individual member of the Greater Waco Emmaus
Community. Election shall be by majority vote of all votes cast by the
voting members of the Community present at the December Gathering. The lay
director will not vote except in the event of a tie. In the event of a tie,
the lay director will cast the tie breaking vote.
Section 4. The Lay Director,
with the approval of the Board may appoint a member to fill
any lay vacancy in the Board that occurs. The Lay Director shall
nominate members to fill vacancies and a majority vote of the Board members
present at the meeting where nominated shall constitute approval. Members
appointed to fill such vacancies shall be members of the Board effective
with approval and shall serve until the regular expiration of the term of
the member being replaced.
Section 5. The Board shall
consist of Lay Director, Assistant Lay Director, Spiritual Director,
Secretary Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, Music Team Director, Communion
Steward and two(2) Chrysalis Representatives. The Assistant Lay Director
will to serve as Lay Director after serving as Assistant for one year.
Section 6. In December of even
numbered years, the following positions will be voted on: 1) Assistant Lay
Director, 2) Treasurer, 3) Newsletter Editor, 4) Music Team Director, 5)
Chrysalis Representative. In December of odd numbered years the following
positions will be voted on: 1) Assistant Lay Director, 2) Spiritual
Director, 3) Secretary, 4) Communion Steward, 5) Chrysalis Representative,
6) Music Team Director.
Section 7. The Lay Director
shall be the chief administrative officer of the Board and the Community.
The Lay Director shall set the time and place of all meetings of the Board
and shall chair such meetings. The Lay Director shall perform other such
duties as the Board may direct. The Assistant Lay Director shall be in
charge of scheduling fourth(4th) day speakers and shall chair
meetings in the absence of the Lay Director and shall perform other such
duties as the Lay Director or the Board may direct. The Secretary shall keep
and distribute minutes of any and all Board meetings, shall chair meetings
in the absence of the Lay Director and Assistant Lay Director, and shall
perform other such duties as the Lay Director or the Board may direct. The
Treasurer shall oversee the day-to-day financial activities of the
Community, shall chair meetings in the absence of the Lay Director,
Assistant Lay Director, and Secretary, and shall perform other such duties
as the Lay Director or the Board may direct. The Spiritual Director shall be
the theological and spiritual leader of the Board and the Community.
Section 8. The Lay Director may
recommend to the Board that a member be removed from the Board if that
member: misses two consecutive regularly scheduled Board meetings; fails to
fulfill committee responsibilities, does not support the Vision and the
goals of the Community; or fails to support the annual Upper Room Letter of
Agreement. A majority vote of the members present at the meeting where the
recommendation is made shall remove the member. The prohibition of serving
as a Board member shall remain in place until such time as the Board by
majority vote upon the recommendation of the Lay Director may allow the
member to serve again.
Section 9: Changes to these
rules may be made by a majority vote of the Board Members present at the
next board meeting after being presented to the board.
updated 12/5/2002
