So according to the legal document, the only Officer who is explicitly a Director is actually the Vice-President. And of course the Director-at-large would be, but they aren't mentioned here. The President and Secretary are implied to be. All other positions are listed as "Officers" ...




According to By-Law Two, Paragraph 10 of the legacy handbook:

10. BOARD OF DIRECTORSThe Board of Directors shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Assembly and shall be constituted by seven persons, namely, the President, Vice-President, Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, FIDE Representative and Youth Coordinator unless these titles are changed by ordinary resolution of the Assembly pursuant to section 8(f) at the annual meeting. The position of Past President shall not be elected but shall be occupied by the immediate Past President unless he resigns or the Assembly, by ordinary resolution, at the Annual Meeting specifically decides to elect another person in place of the Past President. Upon election at an Annual Meeting the Board of Directors shall serve as Directors until the next Annual Meeting of the Assembly or until the Director(s) resign(s) or their successors are elected or appointed in their stead unless replaced by a vote of the Assembly prior to that time.


Of course this is badly out of date as past president was replaced by director at large at some point. And if it is still in force, than it completely rules increasing the size of the board out of order until the annual meeting.

My issue with the wording of the motion is that even "Executive Members" is not defined. So it's just going to be vague in a different way. Can we just amend this bylaw so that it makes sense?