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MINNETONKA POWER SQUADRON BYLAWS Page 6 5.01.1 All elected officers, all elected chairmen iincleTected committee members, and all appointed officers and appointed committee chairmen, shall be Active Members. 5.01.2 All elected officers shall have completed OT training and shall have been awarded at least one Advanced Grade and shall have been awarded the right to wear at least one Merit Hark. This requirement may be waived by the District Commander for good cause in accordance with USPS Bylaws Article VI, Section 2. 5.01.3 Officers and members of the Executive Committee and all other committees shall serve from the time of their installation in office until their successors shall have been. installed. 5.01.4 No Active Member shall be nominated for or li'oI'a'"""iiiore than one elective fla! office in USPS simultaneously, except as provi ed in Section 5.02 hereof or for a short "lame duck" period due to overlapping terms of office. Hore than one elective position other than flag office may be held if there does not appear to be a conflict of interest. 5.01.5 The Commander shall not be eligible for election to that office for more than two consecutive terms of one year each. 5.01.6 Committees whose members have terms of stagfered length shall have members elected or appointed init ally for terms to meet such qualifications. One of the members whose term next expires shall be nominated and elected, or appointed, Chairman, as appropriate. 5.01.7 A vacancy occurring in any elective office (except as otherwise provided for in Article VI, Sections 6.02 and 6.04 hereof) shall be filled by the Executive Committee until the next Annual Meeting of the Squadron and a vacancy occurring in any appointive office shall be filled by appointment by the Commander. 5.01.8 The Commander may appoint a Chaplain, a Flag Lieutenant, Chairmen of the various appointive committees of the Squadron and such Aides or other Lieutenants as he -o- MINNETONKA POWER SQUADRON BYLAWS Page 7 may deem necessary, to perform such duties as he or the Executive Committee may assign. 5.01.9 Every appointee shall hold office at the pleasure of the appointing power but not beyond the term of office of that person or body, except to complete an assignment with the approval of the Executive Committee and except for committees with terms of staggered length. 5.01.10 In all instances relating to rank, grade, appointment, duties and procedures, the policy and authority of USPS shall control. 5.01.11 In the event the Commander, the Executive Officer or the Administrative Officer is determined, by his own declaration or by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the Executive Committee, to be incapable of performing the duties of his office because of illness or otherwise, the duties and powers of such office may be assumed by a Past Commander selected by the Executive Committee. Such assumption of duties by a Past Commander shall last only until the earliest of (1) the next Annual Meeting of the Squadron, (2) the officer rescinds his own declaration of incapability, (3) the Executive Committee rescinds its declaration of incaeability, or (4) the next Squadron meeting at least fifty {SO) days after the declaration of incapability, at which time the Executive Committee shall recommend to the membership whether the period of incapability should be extended or the office be declared vacant. ELECTED OFFICERS AND COHHITTEES Section 5.02 The elected Bridge Officers of the Squadron shall be the COHHANDER, who shall be the ranking officer, the EXECUTIVE OFFICER, the EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, the ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, the SECRETARY, and the TREASURER, which officers shall be elected by the Active Members of the Squadron at the Annual Meeting each year. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by the same person. Section 5.03 There shall be an EXECUTIVE COHHITTEE consisting of the Commander, the Lieutenant Commanders, and four (4) Active Members from the general membership of the Squadron, nominated for such position by the Nominating Committee and -7-