(a)   Criteria. Unless otherwise waived by the Board of Directors, any person nominated for and hereafter serving as Director must

1.   Any member of BRIDGE or may run for the Board of Directors, provided they have satisfactorily served on a BRIDGE or any other Real Estate Association, Committee or Task Force for a minimum of 12 months, commencing on the date the member became a Task Force or Committee member or be a manager or broker of a Participant office;

2.    be a REALTOR® member whose financial obligations to the A.O.R. are paid in full and whose dues and assessments are current and remain current throughout the duration of service on the Board;

3.     be of sound professional character conducting business in compliance with NAR Code of Ethics, (All Final findings of NAR Code of Ethics violations and violations of other membership duties in this or any other A.O.R. within the past three years, and any unsatisfied discipline pending at any A.O.R. shall be taken into consideration when determining qualifications);

4.     honor fiduciary duties to the A.O.R. and adhere to appropriate conflict of interest and disclosure rules; and

5.     meet other requirements as may be established as policy by the Board of Directors.

(b)   Term of Office. Elected Directors shall be elected to serve for terms of two or three years, The term of the Immediate Past President serving by designation is one year. Thereafter, as many Directors shall be elected each year as are required to fill vacancies. If the Immediate Past President is unable or unwilling to serve in this capacity as a Director, the Board of Directors, in accordance with the procedures for filling vacancies, may, but is not required to, fill the open seat with another Director to serve the remainder of the term otherwise reserved for the Immediate Past President. No person may serve in a particular capacity on the Board of Directors for more than 2 consecutive terms. The President may serve more than (1) term consecutively and is not precluded from future service if re-elected as President-Elect. If a person serves as a Director, President-Elect, President, Secretary or Treasurer for less than one-half (1/2) of the term applicable to that office, such portion of the term served shall be disregarded for purposes of the preceding limitations. honoring all other established term limits.

(e) Experience requirements for the various Association Officers at the time of taking office shall be as follows, President: Three (3) years’ experience as a member of the Board of Directors during the last eight (8) years prior to taking office. President-Elect: Two (2) years’ experience as a member of the Board of Directors during the last eight (8) years prior to taking office. Secretary-Treasurer: One (1) year experience as a member of the Board of Directors during the last eight (8) years prior to taking office and all must be current sitting Director of the Board before taking office.