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Term limits

Term limits do not come into effect until the group is in Size Regime Large. Terms begun when term limits are not in effect do not count towards term limits. Terms begin immediately upon the election or appointment of an official.

High officials

When term limits are in effect, each person may serve at most:

• 1 term (3 cycles) as Chair
• 1 term (4 cycles) as Judge
• 1 term (4 cycles) as Parliamentarian
• 3 terms (3 cycles) as boardmember

An individual may resign from any position at will, in which case the remainder of their term does not count against term limits. An individual may not serve more than 4 cycles total in all of these positions. An individual may stand for a position whose term he or she will not be able to serve out, due to term limits, in which case their tenure ends when the term limit is reached. For example, an individual may serve as an Elect Director for 2 cycles, then as a Delegate Director for 1 cycle (at which point they are inelgible to become Director again), then as a Chair for 1 cycle, at which point their tenure is over.

As noted elsewhere, in some cases a Chair may be called upon to fulfill the roles of Judge and Parliamentarian while serving as Chair. This does not make them a Judge or Parliamentarian, and for the purpose of term limits and simultaneous officeholding, they are serving only as Chair while this is happening.

While a single voter possesses more than 1/P of the votes, the boardmember(s) supported solely by the votes of that voter are exempt from term limits, and terms served in this manner do not count towards that boardmember's limit.

There are no term limits for intermediate-level Delegates (Delegates who are not on the Delegate Board).

No person may stand for election for an office that they cannot assume.

Simultaineous officeholding

No person may simultaneously hold more than one of the following types of offices in the organization: Chair, Elect Boardmember, Delegate Boardmember, Director of quasi-independent agency, Judge, Parliamentarian -- unless they are serving as the delegate of a voter with more than 1/P of the votes.

In groups in Size Regime Large, a Chair cannot simultaineously be CEO or EEO.

CEO and EEO may be the same person.

No office prevents its incumbent from normal participation in the Forum, including accumulating delegated votes in the Forum and voting them.