X-Message-Number: 965 Date: 08 Jul 92 01:09:44 EDT From: Charles Platt <> for CRYONET: Of relevance to Steve Bridge's letter [msg #0014.13] (which raises the concept of limited terms, among others) Article 5, Section 4 of the Alcor Bylaws, states: Each Director shall hold office until the next annual meeting for election of the Board of Directors as specified in these Bylaws, and until his or her successor is elected and qualifies. Article 5, Section 8 states: At the annual regular meeting of the Directors for the month of September Directors shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Cumulative voting for the election of Directors shall not be permitted. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes up to the number of Directors to be elected shall be elected. Each Director shall cast one vote, with voting being by ballot only. If I understand this correctly, it seems to say that every year, in September, it is mandatory for the board of directors to hold an election, either to re-elect themselves or to elect new directors. Thus, so far as I can see, Alcor is already half-way to Steve Bridge's desire for periodic renewal. However, I am unable to understand from Article 5 exactly how the voting procedure works. What is "cumulative voting"? Can anyone define or explain this term? And in practice, does the annual election simply result in each director voting himself or herself back into office? Since each director can only cast one vote, this would seem to be the implication. Or does the paragraph mean that each director casts one vote *for each office?* I am bringing this up because it seems foolish to start debating the ways in which the organization may be "reformed" if we are not clear, to begin with, on how the organization is supposed to function right now. Maybe everyone else is quite familiar with the procedures; but as a relative newcomer, I'm not. --Charles Platt Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=965