Article IV: Governance.

A. Officers. The Officers of the ARC shall be a Chair, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect and Secretary. No person may hold more than one elected leadership position at any one time. B. Duties of the Chair. The Chair shall: 1. Preside at all meetings of the ARC and of the ARC Executive Committee; 2. Direct the ARC Program Director in performing duties assigned by the ARC and developing planning documents; 3. Execute with the ARC Program Director all documents in accordance with vote of the ARC; 4. Appoint, with approval of the Executive Committee, the chair and members of all committees except as limited by the Bylaws; 5. Report proceedings of the ARC to OCLC and the Global Council; 6. Work with the ARC Program Director to develop budget requests and to manage ARC activities to not exceed the annual budget. 7. Perform such duties as the ARC directs. C. Duties of the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. The Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect shall: 1. Perform the duties of the Chair in all cases in which the Chair is absent or unable to serve; 2. Perform such duties as the ARC or its Chair directs. D. Duties of the Secretary. The Secretary shall: 1. Serve as the chief recording officer of the ARC. 2. Work with the ARC Program Director to ensure that the major responsibilities of this office, as outlined in The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (Sturgis) are performed. 3. Conduct and certify ARC Executive Council and Global Council Member Delegate elections. E. Term of Office. Officers of the Executive Committee shall assume their duties following the meeting at which they are elected and shall serve a term of one (1) year. The Vice-Chair shall become the Chair in the following year. The Secretary shall serve a (1) year term. F. Nomination and Election. Nominations for Officers shall be made by the Nominating Committee in accordance with the procedures defined in Article VII below. G. Vacancies. Vacancies in any office be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term as follows: 1. Chair. In the event the office of Chair becomes vacant, the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect shall succeed to the Office of the Chair for the unexpired term and shall subsequently serve the one year term as Chair to which they were elected. 2. Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. In the event the office of the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect becomes vacant, the Executive Committee shall appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of the unexpired Vice-Chair term. In the following election cycle, both a Chair and a Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect shall be elected. 3. Secretary. The vacancy shall be filled by the Executive Committee. H. Removal from Office. Upon a three-quarters (3/4) vote of Members participating and voting at an ARC meeting, any Officer of the Executive Committee may be removed for conduct detrimental to the ARC after notice. The ARC Program Director shall notify in writing the Officer sought to be removed at least thirty (30) days before any meeting at which it is proposed that such action be taken.