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SECTION 3:  THOSE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE

 

     All members not in good standing are deprived the privilege of voting.  This also includes those stated in Article IV, Section 2-A & B.  Therefore, all adult members in good standing, at least eighteen years of age, may vote.

 

ARTICLE VIII:  BUSINESS MEETINGS

 

SECTION 1:  SEMIANNUAL MEETING

 

     The semiannual business meeting shall be held on the last Wednesday of January, and on the last Wednesday of July.

 

SECTION 2:  MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

 

     Announcement of special business meetings should be made once preceding said meeting.  The frequency of congregational business meetings shall be determined by the amount of major business confronting the church.

 

SECTION 3:  CHAIRMAN

 

     The pastor shall be chairman of all business meetings unless he asks someone else to take the chair, and no business meeting shall be valid without his presence, except where there is no pastor of the church, in which case, the chairman of the deacons shall preside.

 

SECTION 4:  SPECIAL MEETINGS

     The pastor may call special business meetings when needed.