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Section 8. Regions Electing Directors – The Nominating Committee shall certify the number of Director(s) for each Region no later than September 30th preceding the elective year and notify them of their requirement to submit their Director(s) to serve on the Board of Directors. Elected Director(s) must meet the criteria established by the Board of Directors to serve as a Director. Each Region may appoint a Region Nominating Committee to administer the nominating process and submit qualified candidates for election. The membership of the Region shall be given written notice of Director nominee(s) at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual convention vote. Names in addition to those nominated by the Region Nominating Committee may be placed in nomination by petition if received at the headquarters of the State Association fifteen (15) days prior to the annual State Convention meeting vote. Petitions on behalf of candidates for the office of Director shall be signed by not less than five percent of the total REALTOR® membership in the petitioners Region, as of March 1^st preceding the election. Each Region conducting an election shall disseminate ballets to all members within the region allowing 10 days for voting with the voting concluded prior to the annual State Convention. Election results shall be announced during the annual corporate business meeting. The Nominating Committee shall recertify the number of Directors for each Region on July 31^st during the elective year. In the event a Region no longer qualifies for the number of Directors certified on September 30th of the preceding year the last elected Director shall be removed and not be installed to office for the following year.

Section 5. There shall be a Nebraska REALTORS® Political Action Committee governed by a Board of Trustees which shall consist of nine (9) eleven (11) members: Two (2) Five (5) members from the Omaha Region, two (2) members from the Lincoln Region, one (1) member from each of the other four three NRA Regions, and three (3) one (1) members at large. Terms of the Trustees shall be for three-year terms and shall coincide with the elective year of the Association. Trustees shall serve no more than two successive three-year terms, however, Trustees may be eligible for reappointment after a one-year waiting period. An appointment to the Board of Trustees to fill a vacancy of an unexpired term shall not be construed as one of the Trustee’s two successive three-year terms. Terms are to be structured so that three (3) terms expire each year, one of which shall be the term of a member at large. Nomination(s), including vacancies, for Trustees shall be made by the incumbent Trustees with input and recommendations by Member Boards within the Region where the vacancy will occur except in the case of a Trustee serving at large in which case said input and recommendations shall be sought from all Member Boards. From these nomination(s), Trustees shall be appointed by the President of the State Association with the confirmation by the Board of Directors. The Officers of the Board of Trustees shall be selected annually, as follows: (1) The Association’s President shall appoint a member of the Board of Trustees to serve as Chairman; and (2) Other Officers shall be selected by the Board of Trustees from among their members. The Board of Trustees has the right to establish and enforce rules and regulations for attendance. The purpose of the REALTORS® Political Action Committee shall be to promote and strive for the improvement of government by: (1) influencing or attempting to influence the nomination or election of one or more individuals who are candidate for nomination or election to any elective public office; (2) collecting and making expenditures of political contributions; and (3) doing any and all things necessary to accomplish such purpose.