Article VI—Activity Requirements

To be entitled to vote or to hold office, a member shall have (a) paid his dues so as to be in good standing and (b) had a contribution published in an amateur paper (as defined in Article IV) within the period since the last convention, and distributed to the entire membership through the mailing bureau or in The National Amateur or had a contribution presented on an official NAPA World Wide Web site during the same period or (c) be registered and in attendance at the convention of that year at which voting occurs. Life members shall be exempt from these activity requirements, and from the activity requirements in Article VIII, section 1.

Article VII—Officers

1. The officers elected annually shall be a President, a Vice President, a Recorder, an Official Editor, and an Executive Judge.

1a. The term of the Executive Judge shall be three years. The Chairman of the Executive Judges, unless the Judges unanimously agree otherwise, shall be the Judge who is in the final year of his term.

2. In the even-numbered years a Secretary-Treasurer shall be elected for a term of two years.

3. To be eligible for election as President, Official Editor, or Secretary-Treasurer, a person must have been a member for at least three years, and for election as Executive Judge at least five years.

4. Within thirty days of his election the President shall appoint a Historian, a Librarian (in the event of vacancy), and a Custodian of The National Amateur Clearing House, Manager of the Manuscript Bureau, a Recruiting Chairman, and a Director of Publicity. He shall appoint a Nominating Committee consisting of a Chairman and two other members. (This in no way restricts any NAPA member or group from placing a fellow member or slate of members in nomination for NAPA offices, so long as the procedures in Article X, Section 1(a) are adhered to.) In time for announcement in the December issue of The National Amateur he shall appoint a Manager of the Mailing Bureau, a Chairman of the Bureau of Critics, and a Nominating Committee. In time for announcement in the March issue of The National Amateur he shall appoint a Reception Committee, a Custodian of Ballots, and a Judge of Award for each department of laureate competition. He may also appoint at any time, with the consent of the Executive Judges, such additional officers and committees as the needs of the Association may require.

5. No person shall simultaneously hold two offices, elective or appointive, but a person may hold an office and membership on a committee, or membership on two committees.