La Reunion Cooperative

Officers are elected labor positions used to oversee and/or manage different aspects of the coop. A list of the current officer positions and what is expected of each can be found here.

Officers typically run for 6 month terms at a time. Elections take place in December & June, with new officers taking office in January & July respectively. Vacation of seats mid-term will result in special elections to finish out the rest of the standard term. Elections will be organized by the current session's steward and labor czar(s) _{[HM 12-1-13]}.

Board Representatives serve 1 year terms _{[HM 2-2-14]}.

Officers are expected to provide the house with a monthly report at house meeting _{[HM 2-23-14]}.

An Officer Review is a public review of an elected house officer's performance at a house meeting. An Officer Review can result in a vote to remove the Officer from their position. The house cannot end an officer's term prematurely by any means other than an Officer Review.

Any three (3) members of the house may call an Officer Review of any officer by publicly posting the reasons for the review by Friday at noon before the meeting.

The Officer being reviewed has a right to fully address all of the reasons for the review.

The Officer does not have to be in attendance at the meeting to be removed from office. The Officer being reviewed may write a response, which will be presented at the meeting, if they are unable or unwilling to attend the meeting.

After discussing all of the reasons for the review, the Chair will ask the Officer in question to leave the room while the meeting decides whether to call for a vote to remove them from office. While the Officer is out of the room, no new issues will be brought up. If any new issues are brought up, then the Officer will be called back into the room and given the chance to address those issues.

The vote will take place while the Officer is out of the room.

The vote will be a secret, written vote, tallied by the Meeting Chair and the Steward. The vote can be taken on paper ballots, prepared by the Meeting Chair.

If 3/4 of the members present vote to remove the Officer from office, then that person will be removed from the position for the remainder of their term.

In the case of an affirmative vote to remove an Officer from office, members present at the meeting can discuss and select someone to take over that officer's duties until a special election can be organized.

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