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RESOLUTION 2024-05
NATIONAL OFFICER DEFINITIONS

Sponsor Info Process Status Date
Date Submitted: 10/22/2023 Nat’l HQ Received 10/22/2023
Resolution # Resolutions Committee
(by Resolution 2024-05 Received 11/15/2023
Comm):
Judge Advocate
Author: James B. Bartley 01/08/2024
Reviewed
Co-Author C. Wayne Barnes Forwarded to Nat’l HQ 01/22/2024
(If Any):
References: C&BL ANC Final Status

TITLE NATIONAL OFFICER DEFINITIONS
Emeritus Members are National Officers
The National Constitution and Bylaws does not address what Emeritus members are
or how this statue is obtained, and
Sojourners who have served nine (9) or more consecutive years as a National Officer
WHEREAS may be nominated for Emeritus status to hold life tenure as National Officer
A member seeking Emeritus status must request such status
The request must be recommended by the nominating Committee and be voted on
by the delegates and receive a two-thirds vote at a National Convention to be granted
Emeritus status
That Section 1, Article VI of the National Constitution, entitled NATIONAL
OFFICER POSITIONS, the last sentence of which reads “ ⋯ Past National
Commanders and Emeritus Members” be amended to read, “ ⋯ Past National
Commanders and members who have been elected to Emeritus Status.
Be it further resolved that Section 18, Article VI of the National Bylaws entitled
PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENTS, PAST NATIONAL COMMANDERS, AND
EMERITUS SOJOURNERS which reads as follows: “These Sojourners are ex officio
and non-voting members of all National-level Committees and hold life tenure as
National Officers. The National Progressive Line Officers must meet with the Past
THEREFORE, National Presidents at every National Convention and Mid-Winter Meeting. The senior
BE IT Past National President, who is present, presides.” Be amended to read:
RESOLVED a. Past National Presidents and Past National Commanders are ex officio and
non-voting members of all National-level Committees and hold life tenure as
National Officers.
b. The National Progressive Line Officers must meet with the Past National
Presidents at every National Convention and Mid-Winter Meeting. The senior
Past National President, who is present, presides.
c. Emeritus Sojourners are members who have served nine (9) or more years in an
elected National Office and have been elected to Emeritus status by no less
than a two-thirds vote of the delegates present at a National Convention and shall
hold life tenure as National Officers.