years. When any Director shall fail to serve completely the Director’s term of office, the Board of Directors shall
have the authority to name a successor to fill the office until the next annual meeting of the Association.
g.
When a member of the Board of Directors with two years or more remaining on that member’s term
transfers to another position (and thus no longer fulfills Bylaw II.1.c, d) or to another educational district (and thus
alters the equal representation of educational districts among non-officer members of the Board of Directors re
quired by Bylaw II.1.b), that Director’s office is declared vacant and the office is filled from the accepted procedure
to elect a representative from the vacant position or educational district.
(Approved March 2025, 348-6, as to subparts a, b, c, d, f, and g; approved March 2025, 351-3, as to subpart e)
2.
Meetings of Directors. Regular meetings of the Directors of the Association shall be held at times ap
pointed by the President, provided that notice of such meetings is given each Director not less than three days prior
to each meeting.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of not less than four members
of the Board of Directors. Notice of such meetings shall be given to each Director at least three days prior to the
meeting by the Commissioner or the President of the Association.
Agenda items for Board meetings should be in to the NCHSAA no later than November 1 for the winter meeting and
April 1 for the spring meeting.
3.
Quorum. A quorum shall consist of eleven (11) members of the Board of Directors at all meetings of
the Board, and action may be taken by a majority of the quorum. (Approved December 2017, 329-8)
4.
Powers. The Board of Directors shall be empowered to make, subject to the Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws of this Association, the rules and regulations of the Association which shall govern the various athletic
activities and contests sanctioned or carried out under the auspices of this Association, which rules and regulations
shall be prepared and distributed to member schools and systems as early as practicable annually.
The Board of Directors shall exercise, through such persons or committees as it sees fit, which persons or
committees shall include in any event the President and Commissioner of the Association, supervisory powers over
the various athletic activities and contests sanctioned or carried out under the auspices of this Association to insure
proper compliance with the rules and regulations of the Association.
The Board of Directors shall have the power to create such new offices and committees as it finds conve
nient or necessary from time to time.
The Board of Directors, through the Commissioner, shall call conferences of faculty managers to arrange
schedules for the various athletic activities and contests sanctioned or carried on under the auspices of the Asso
ciation, and the Board of Directors shall have final authority to determine schedules between teams which cannot
agree to game schedules in any season.
The Board of Directors shall have the authority to review the interpretations of the Commissioner and the
Executive Committee regarding the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Association, and its decision in
these matters shall be final.
The initial Board of Directors and the dates for expiration of their terms are on file with the North Carolina
Secretary of State.
5.
The Executive Committee
Composition. The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President, Vice-President, Commissioner and four
other members of the Board of Directors. The four Director members of the Executive Committee shall be chosen
by the President from Directors nominated by all the Directors from each classification of schools; provid¬ed, how
ever, that one such Director member of the Executive Committee shall be chosen from each classification of schools,
and further provided, that two of the Director members of the Executive Committee shall be school admin¬istrators
and two shall be coaches or athletic directors.
Powers. The Executive Committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the Association as directed by the Board
of Directors.
III. OFFICERS
The officers of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, Inc., shall consist of a President, a
Vice-President and a Commissioner.
1. Election of Officers. The President and Vice-President shall be elected annually at the annual meeting.
Only superintendents of school systems or principals of member schools shall be eligible to serve as President or
Vice-President.
The Commissioner shall be elected and his or her annual salary set by the Board of Directors. The term of
his or her office shall be four years.
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