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The purpose of this blog is to keep Association Members informed of the work and progress of the Nominations Committee for the 2015 elections to the Board of Directors. No comments are accepted on the site. However, you can communicate with the committee by sending an e-mail to POC2015nominations@gmail.com or contacting them individually.

PROVISIONS in POCA Declaration and Bylaws bearing on Nominations and Nomination Committee


The provisions the Declaration that might have any bearing on nominations and the Nominating Committee are as follows:

DECLARATION
      
               2. Definitions. The terms used in this Declaration and in the Bylaws shall have the following meanings:                       
                              (m)  Owner” or “Unit Owner” means any natural person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity capable of holding title to real property, or any combination thereof, which owns fee simple title to a Condominium Unit.

                              (q) “Unit” means a unit as defined by the Condominium Act, and consists of any                one of those parts of the Building or Property which is separately described on the Plat or the Building Plans, or in paragraph 6 of this Declaration (or any amendment to any of the foregoing). The term “Unit” includes both “Residential” and “Parking” Units as described in paragraph 6 of this Declaration.

 
The provisions the Bylaws that might have any bearing on nominations and the Nominating Committee are as follows:

BYLAWS  OF POTOWMAC OVERLOOK CONDOMINIUM
 
ARTICLE II - Unit Owners' Association
Section 2.  Annual Meetings.  Annual Meetings of the Unit Owners' Association shall be held on the second Tuesday in May of each year, at which meeting members of the Board of Directors shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of Article III of these Bylaws. At all annual meetings, the Unit Owners’ Association may transact such other business as may properly come before it.
 
Section 5.  Notice of Meetings.  It shall be the duty of the Secretary to mail, by United States mail, first class postage prepaid a notice of (a) each annual meeting of the Association, not more than fifty (50) nor less than twenty-one (21) days in advance of such meeting and (b) each special meeting of the Association not more than twenty-five (25) nor less than seven (7) days in advance of such meeting, stating the purpose thereof
 
Section 7.  Order of Business.  The order of business at all annual meetings of the Unit Owners' Association shall be as follows:
(a) Roll call.
(b) Proof of notice of meeting
(c) Reading (or waiver of reading of) minutes of preceding meeting
(d) Appointment by President of Inspectors of Election
(e) Election of members of the Board of Directors
(f) Reports of officers
(g) Reports of Board of Directors
(h) Reports of Committees
(i) Unfinished business
(j) New business
 
Section 8.  Title to Units.  Title to Condominium Units may be taken in the name of a natural person or in the names of two or more natural persons, or in the name of a corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other entity capable of holding title to real property, or any combination thereof.
 
Section 9.  Voting. 
 
(c)  No Unit Owner may vote at any meeting of the Unit Owners' Association or be elected to or serve on the Board of Directors if the Unit Owners' association has perfected lien against his or her Unit and the amount necessary to release such lien has not been paid at the time of such meeting or election.
 
Section 13.  Conduct of Meeting. The President shall pre side over all meetings of the Unit Owners' Association and the Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meeting and record in a Minute Book all resolutions adopted by the meeting as well as a record of all transactions occurring thereat. The then current Robert's Rules of Order or any other rules of procedure accept- able to a majority of the Unit Owners present at any meeting in person or by proxy shall govern the conduct of all meetings of the Unit Owners' Association when not in conflict with the Declaration, these Bylaws or the Condominium Act.
 
ARTICLE III - Board of Directors
 
 
 
Section 1.  Number and Qualifications.  The affairs of the Condominium shall be governed by an Executive organ to be known as the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors shall be com- posed of five (5) persons.  All Directors shall be Unit Owners or spouses, officers, partners, agents or employees of Unit Owners.  At the Annual Meeting held in 1983, three (3) of the persons elected as Directors receiving the highest votes shall be elected for a two-year term and the remaining two persons so elected shall be elected for a one-year term.  At the expiration of the initial term thereafter, each successor shall be elected to serve a term of two years. Members of the Board of Directors shall hold office until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified.
 
Section 4.  Removal or Resignation of Members of the Board of Directors.   A member of the Board of Directors may resign at any time and any Director who is a Unit Owner shall be deemed to have resigned upon divestiture of title to his or her Unit in fee or by lease for a term or terms of six (6) months or more unless such Director acquires or con-tracts to acquire another Unit under terms giving such Director a right of occupancy effective as of or before the termination of the right of occupancy pursuant to such other disposition(s).
 
Section 5.  Vacancies.  Vacancies in the Board of Directors caused by any reason other than the removal of a director by a vote of the Unit Owners' Association shall be filled by a sole remaining director or by a vote of a majority of the remaining directors at a special meeting of the Board of Directors held for that purpose promptly after the' occurrence of any such vacancy, even though the directors present at such meeting may constitute less than a quorum, and each person so elected shall be a member of the Board of Directors for the remainder of the term of the ember so removed and until a successor shall be elected at the next annual meeting of the Unit Owners' Association; and has qualified.
 
Section 12.  Conduct of Meetings.  The President shall preside over all meetings of the Board of Directors and the Secretary shall keep a Minute Book recording therein all resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors and a record of all transactions and proceedings occurring at all meetings of the Unit Owner's Association and at all meetings of the Board of Directors.  The then current Robert's Rules of Order or any other rules of procedure at any time or from time to time acceptable to a majority of the Directors present at any meeting shall govern the conduct of the meetings of the Board of Directors when not in conflict with the Declaration, these Bylaws or the Condominium Act.