36th General Convention - William Penn Life

The By-Laws
shall prevent the National President, the National Vice
President-Secretary, the National Vice President-Treasurer,
or the Vice Presidents from serving as ex-officio Delegates
if they are otherwise qualified; and provided further, that
nothing in this Subparagraph (d) shall prevent Branch
Coordinators and Part-time and Special Agents from
serving as Delegates if they are otherwise qualified.
e. Must not be a Full-time General Agent, an Agency
Manager, or Member engaged in regular business dealings
with the Association or any of its Branches or subdivisions
wherein he or she derives significant monetary gain
or a spouse of any of the foregoing; provided, however,
that Branch Coordinators and Part-time and Special
Agents are eligible to serve as Delegates if they are not also
Full-time Agents, General Agents, Agency Managers, or
engaged in business dealings with the Association or any
of its Branch subsidiaries wherein they derive monetary
gain and if they are otherwise qualified.
f. Must not have any financial obligations to the
Association as an employee or as the result of previous
employment.
g. Must not have terminated employment with the
Association less than one (1) year prior to a Delegate
District Meeting; provided, however, that nothing in this
Subparagraph (g) shall prevent former Directors, National
Officers and National Auditing Committee Members from
serving as ex-officio Delegates if they are otherwise
qualified.
h. May not be a Member solely by reason of having
exercised the non-forfeiture option of his or her Certificate
of Life Membership either in the form of Extended or
Reduced Paid-Up life insurance.
i. May not be a person who is directly involved in
litigation or a written claim against the Association except
for claims under a certificate of insurance.
j. Must not have been a director, alternate director,
officer or employee of any organization similar to or in
competition with the Association or a delegate or an
alternate delegate to any other fraternal benefit society
convention within four (4) years prior to the date scheduled
for District Delegate elections; provided, however,
that nothing in this subparagraph (j) shall prevent any
person from serving as an elected, ex-officio, or Alternate
Delegate to the General Convention pursuant to a merger
or similar agreement between the Association and any
alliance, fellowship, or society in the United States having
similar aims to those of the Association.
k. Must have been a member of the same Branch for
at least an uninterrupted one (1) year period prior to the
Delegate District election; provided, however, that this
requirement shall not apply to a Life Benefit Member who
has transferred from one Branch to another in accordance
with Section 107.5.
2. CHALLENGES/BOARD TO DETERMINE- The
William Penn Life, Special Convention Edition, December 2007
Board shall determine whether a challenged Delegate is or
is not qualified to be a Delegate to the General Convention.
a. A challenge to the qualifications of a Delegate,
whether an elected Delegate, an elected Alternate Delegate,
or an ex-officio Delegate, may be initiated by the National
Vice President-Secretary or may be made by an Adult Life
Benefit Member.
b. Any challenge of a Delegate or an Alternate
Delegate initiated by the National Vice President-Secretary
must be raised no later than May 25 of the year in which
the Regular Session of the General Convention is to be
held; or, in the case of an ex-officio Delegate, within ten
(10) days of his or her appointment. In every case, the
National Vice President-Secretary shall give written notice
of the charges specified wherein the Delegate or the
Alternate Delegate allegedly is not qualified to said
challenged Delegate or Alternate Delegate by Certified
Mail, Return Receipt requested, or overnight courier, with
evidence of receipt no later than May 30 of such year; or, in
the case of an ex-officio Delegate, within fifteen (15) days
of his or her appointment.
c. Any challenge of a Delegate made by an Adult
Life Benefit Member must be received by the National Vice
President-Secretary, by Certified Mail, Return Receipt
requested, or overnight courier, with evidence of receipt,
within ten (10) days after the Delegate's or Alternate
Delegate's election; or, in the case of an ex-officio Delegate,
received by the National Vice President-Secretary on or
after April 15, but no later than May 25, of the year in
which the Regular Session of the General Convention is to
be held. In every case, the National Vice President-
Secretary shall give written notice of the charges specified
wherein the Delegate allegedly is not qualified to said
challenged Delegate by Certified Mail, Return Receipt
requested, or overnight courier, with evidence of receipt,
within fifteen (15) days after the completion of the elections
for all of the Delegates and Alternate Delegates; or, in
the case of an ex-officio Delegate, no later than May 30 of
such year. Should the National Vice President-Secretary
be challenged as a Delegate, the challenge shall be filed
with the National Vice President-Treasurer, who shall give
the proper notice.
d. The challenged Delegate shall be afforded the
opportunity to appear personally, at his or her own
expense, before the Board to answer the charges, or the
challenged Delegate may answer the charges in writing by
Certified Mail, Return Receipt requested, or overnight
courier, with evidence of receipt, within ten (10) days of
receipt of notification of said challenge.
e. The decision of the Board as to whether the
challenged Delegate is or is not qualified shall be made at
the next regular meeting or special meeting of the Board.
The decision of the Board shall be final.
f. In any case where all Delegates and Alternate
Delegates of a challenged Delegation are determined not to
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