For those interested, the By-Laws and Standing Rules are in the AMA Membership Manual, available on the AMA web page.

From the Standing Rules:

"6. Candidate’s Acceptance:
a. A letter of acceptance by the candidate must be on file at AMA
Headquarters fifteen (15) prior to the meeting"

The EC is NOT the NC

From the Standing Rules:

"NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Relating to Article IX
1. Composition of Committee:
a. All eleven Vice Presidents and the Executive Vice President are to
sit on the Nominating Committee and will constitute the Committee in
total. (Legal Council may attend.)"

The NC is NOT the EC

From the By-Laws:

"ARTICLE IX
Nominations and Elections
Section 1. AMA officers shall be nominated by a Nominating
Committee composed of the District Vice Presidents (or an Open
member from the district of the absent Vice President as designated by
the absent Vice President), and the Executive Vice President (or an Open
member as designated by the absent Executive Vice President). The
Nominating Committee shall operate annually and under procedures
defined in the Standing Rules attached to these Bylaws. The Nominating
Committee shall be responsible for nominating the candidates for each
office to be vacated at the end of the year."

From the By-Laws:

Section 3. To be eligible to discharge the duties of AMA President, a
nominee must be a Leader member of the AMA and must previously
have served as a member of the Executive Council or as Associate Vice
President or as a Contest Board member for at least one year.
To be eligible to discharge the duties of an elected AMA officer other
than President, a nominee must be a Leader member of the AMA.
To be eligible to discharge the duties of an appointed AMA officer,
including Associate Vice President, Contest Board member, and Contest
Coordinator, an appointee must be a Leader member of the AMA.

The NC Minutes Addendum:

During presentation of the Nominating Committee report at the July 12, 2003 Executive Council meeting it became apparent that there was a considerable amount of ambiguity in both the Standing Rules and the AMA By-Laws regarding nominating procedures. After a review of all the documents, and on advise of council who also reviewed all the documents, Committee Chairman, Bill Oberdieck, called for reconsideration of the decision to disqualify Mike Moss for failing to meet all of the requirements necessary to be on the ballot. A revote on the issue resulted in Mike Moss being added to the ballot for election to the office of Vice President in District VIII