Article VI: Government

Section 1: Elected Officers: The elected executive officers of the North American Saxophone Alliance shall be the President, President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer. The President, after his term of office, will take on an advisory role in the office of Past-President for an additional two years. Section 2: Appointed Officers: The following officers are appointed for three-year renewable terms in staggered years: Director of Scholarly Publications, Jazz Coordinator, N.A.S.A. Update Editor, Symposium Editor, and Membership Director. The President shall appoint individuals for these positions, in consultation with the Executive Committee. Confirmation of these appointments shall require a two-thirds majority approval of the Executive Committee. Section 3: Executive Committee: The Executive Committee shall consist of the five elected officers plus the Director of Scholarly Publications and the Jazz Coordinator. Section 4: Regional Directors: There shall be one Regional Director for each Region of the North American Saxophone Alliance. The President, with majority approval of the Executive Committee, shall appoint regional Directors for three-year renewable terms in staggered years. Section 5: Standing Committees: The standing committees of the North American Saxophone Alliance shall be as follows: A. Nominating Committee, which shall be charged with the responsibility of preparing the slate of nominees for elected office for upcoming elections. B. Editorial Board, comprises of the Symposium Editor, Director of Scholarly Publications, and Jazz Coordinator, plus one or more additional Executive Officers of the Alliance and/or a regularly contributing Associate Editor as appointed by the Symposium Editor. C. Web Editorial Board, comprised of the Director of Scholarly Publications, the Web master, one or more additional Executive Officers of the Alliance and/or a regularly contributing Associate Editor as appointed by the Director of Scholarly Publications. Section 6: Other Committees: In addition to the Executive Committee and Standing Committees of the Alliance, the President may formulate and appoint personnel to ad hoc committees as he deems necessary, in consultation with the Executive Committee, to expedite specific tasks under special circumstances. The formulation of ad hoc committees and individuals appointed to them by the President must be approved by a majority of the Executive Committee. Section 7: Terms of Elected Office: The term of office for each of the elected officers of the North American Saxophone Alliance shall be two years. Elected officers shall be limited to two consecutive terms in the same office. Section 8: Biennial Elections: Elections of officers for the Alliance shall take place biennially in the fall of the year. The President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be elected in even-numbered years. Individuals elected to office in the fall election shall assume their respective offices January 1st of the calendar year immediately following; terms end December 31st of the appropriate year. Section 9: Special Election or Appointment: Elected Officers of the Alliance may be elected in an off-year, or filled by appointment, under the following special circumstances: A. In the event an elected office becomes vacant during term, the President may appoint a qualified individual to fill the office temporarily. Such appointment shall require two-thirds approval of the Executive Committee. The office being filled by temporary appointment will then be filled through election by the Alliance membership in the next regularly scheduled election. Candidates will understand that the term of office will be less than two years, since the election of office will occur as prescribed in Section 8. B. No officer or candidate may run for more than one office concurrently. Section 10: Line of succession of officers of the North American Saxophone Alliance, following the President, shall be as follows: President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer. If the office of President becomes vacant, the available officer next in line will assume the duties, authorities, and title of that office. No other vacancies among elected offices of the Alliance shall be filled through movement along the line of succession. Any office vacated and filled by temporary appointment must be offered for election in the next regularly scheduled election.