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Board of Trustees Districts Northeast DistrictElko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander and White Pine CountiesHISTORY Records seem to indicate that the White Pine District, covering White Pine, Lincoln, Nye and Esmeralda Counties, was formed in the late 1950's. An Eastern District was formed in Elko County in 1959. Its name was changed to the Northeast District in 1961. Sometime between 1967 and 1973, the two districts merged under the name of the Northeast District. In 1973, the district gained representation on the NLA board of trustees with the transition to the new bylaws. OFFICERS
Section 1. The goal of the Northeast District of the Nevada Library Association shall be to achieve the highest level of understanding and cooperation through expanded communications among the members of the Northeast District. This shall be achieved by a district organization. ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP. Section 1. All paid members of the Nevada Library Association living in the area encompassed by the Northeast District (Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander and White Pine Counties) are automatically eligible as members of the Northeast District. Section 2. The membership year shall be from January 1st to December 31st of each year. Only members shall be eligible to vote and to hold elected or appointed office in the Northeast District. ARTICLE III. OFFICERS AND DUTIES. Section 1. The officers who shall comprise the executive board of the Northeast District shall consist of an elected Chairperson and Secretary-Treasurer appointed by the Chairperson. Section 2. The District shall elect one member to serve on the Nevada Library Association Nominating Committee. Section 3. The Chairperson shall call and preside at all meetings, appoint such committees as are necessary to carry on the functions of the Northeast District and prepare an annual report to the district membership by December 31st of each year, to be published by the Nevada Library Association in the spring of the same year. Section 4. The Chairperson shall attend all meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Nevada Library Association and shall act as liaison between the Northeast District and the Board of Trustees of the Nevada Library Association, and be responsible for the annual budget request and program justification to be presented to the Finance Committee of the Nevada Library Association by December 31st of each year. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer shall record the minutes of the meetings, of which one copy shall be sent to the Executive Secretary of the Nevada Library Association, send notice of information to the membership, maintain financial records, and pay all bills incurred by the Northeast District. Section 6. When applicable, officers and other elected members shall be elected at the last meeting of the calendar year. Nominations shall be made from the floor and election shall be made by oral vote or by ballot on request of any members. Officials shall take office on the first day of January following election. The District Chairperson and the elected member to the Nevada Library Association Nominating Committee shall each serve a term of one year. The term of the Secretary-Treasurer shall expire on December 31st of each year. No officer or other elected member or appointed committee chairperson shall hold more than one office or committee chairmanship at a time; nor shall an elected officer be a committee chairperson. No officer of the Northeast District shall succeed oneself in the same office, provided he/she has fulfilled a full term in the office. Section 7. In the event of a vacancy in elected offices, an election for the duration of the term shall be held at the next meeting of the membership. ARTICLE IV. MEETINGS. Section 1. District meetings shall be held at least three times a year at such times and places as are designated at the previous meeting, or at the call of the Chairperson. ARTICLE VI. CHANGE OF PROCEDURE. Section 1. Any change in the above rules of procedure shall be made by a two-third vote of the voting members present at any meeting, provided notice of the proposed change shall have been sent by the Secretary-Treasurer to the membership at least three weeks before the meeting. Section 2. Approved changes in rules of procedure shall be sent to the Board of Trustees of the Nevada Library Association for approval. |
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