ORIGINAL: Hossfly
.......or when a Council meeting is called or scheduled during the nominating and voting period, the outgoing Vice President (or the Executive Council in the event of his demise, incapacity, or inaction) shall make an interim appointment from among the active Associate Vice Presidents in the district.
This was the case for the McNeil situation. Had McNeil passed away last year, there would not have been a nominating/voting period for him, so an election would have been required. Since the nominating/voting period was this year for D-V, and meetings were scheduled, the EC was within the Bylaws to act as it did.
Personally I think the Bylaws are just fine as they are. I commend the EC for working within the Bylaws even though the EC found the Bylaws to be very favorable to its purpose.
Horrace
I agree that the EC did the correct thing in D 5, however, the last sentence of the by-law involved would not come into play in the case of a replacement VP in this sceneario.
Just my opinion, but most of the by-laws need an update, including this one. Hopefully, regardless of who wins, the by-law re-write will rise to the top of the agenda.