RT0504- P05.01.02a

P05.01.02A
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Name: Amendment to Rules and Procedures for the ASR Round Table section
3.C.2

Author: Jeffrey Jenkins

Summary: Requires the confirmation of the CSFO (and subsequent
confirmation of a new CSFO) with the election of a new CINCSF.

Rationale: This proposal codifies the common practice for any sitting
CSFO to resign at the RT in which a new CINCSF is elected, even if the
CSFO will be appointed again by the CINCSF for confirmation at the same
RT. Since the CSFO and CINCSF work together closely as a team, each
newly elected CINCSF should have the right to nominate his or her own
candidate for the position.

Also, given the preceding proposal, I have amended the section to read
"the CINCSF" rather than "the Chair shall nominate a new candidate..."
as the new CINCSF may not be the Chair if the first proposal passes.

Text of Proposal:

The text of section 3.C.2 shall be changed to read:

"When a vacancy exists in the office of CSFO, CINCSF shall nominate a
candidate for that office on an acting basis, and the next regular
session of the Round Table shall vote to ratify said candidate. If the
candidate fails to receive a number of votes equal to at least one half
of the total cast, plus one, not counting abstentions, the CINCSF must
nominate a new candidate at once and repeat the procedure until a
candidate is ratified.

Upon the election of a new person to the office of CINCSF, the term of
the sitting CSFO shall end."