2025 Board of Directors Elections
Every year, you have the opportunity to take part in the governance of your REALTOR® association by electing those who will serve as Officers and Directors the following year. The election for the 2025 Board of Directors opens at 8:00am on Monday, September 16, 2024 and will close on Monday, September 30 at 12:00pm.
This year, you will be casting your votes for the 2025 President-Elect, 2025-2026 Treasurer and six Director seats. Additionally, we have three Bylaws revision recommendations for your consideration and vote.
On the morning of September 16, 2024 each active REALTOR® member of the Clarksville Association of REALTORS® will receive an email with your link to vote and your login credentials.
You can read about each of your candidates by selecting their names here and review their qualifications for the offices they are seeking. All candidates are listed alphabetically by last name.
Candidates for President-Elect (1 Open Seat)
Candidates for Treasurer (1 Open Seat)
Candidates for Director (6 Open Seats)
- Stella Ann
- Marcia Campbell
- Valerie Dirks
- Melanie Lacasse
- Drew Lindsey
- Kathy Littleton
- Errington “Mercy” Neysmith
- Melissa Rivera
- Jenny Robinson
- Bonita Vickrey
Bylaws Revision Recommendations
The Board of Directors present to you three recommendations for revision to ensure our organization remains relevant, nimble, and inclusive and we are able to effectively serve the membership. You can review the full markup recommendations by clicking the link below.
ANNOTATED COPY OF BYLAWS WITH RECOMMENDED REVISIONS
Bylaws Recommendation #1
Throughout the document, change the pronouns to gender neutral verbiage.
The rationale for these changes is to remove individual pronouns of he/him and she/her to ensure that every section applies to every member.
Those changes can be found in the following sections:
- Article IV, Section 1 [page 3]
- Article V, Section 1, (a)(1) [page 3]
- Article V, Section 2, (a) [page 4]
- Article V, Section 2, (b) [page 4]
- Article V, Section 2, (c) [page 5]
- Article V, Section 3, (c) [page 5]
- Article V, Section 6, (a) [page 6]
- Article VI, Section 6, (a) [page 8]
- Article X, Section 4 [page 13]
Bylaws Recommendation #2
Adding item (e) to Article V, Section 3, that reads “No applicant shall be accepted nor denied membership on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”
The rational for this addition is that CAR believes in inclusivity and rejects discrimination of any protected class, including those additional classes identified in the REALTOR® Code of Ethics. [page 6]
Bylaws Recommendation #3
Changing Article XII, Section 2 regarding the absence policy of members of the Board of Directors from three unexcused absences allowed to two before they are assumed to be resigned; and changing the body that determines whether an absence is excused or not from the full Board of Directors to the subset of the Executive Committee.
The rationals for these changes are, first, that the schedule of meetings of the Board of Directors has evolved from monthly to bimonthly meaning that 3 absences equals a full 50% of the meetings. Additionally, the Executive Committee can be engaged to consider any request for an excused absence much quicker than the full board. [page 16]
Each of these items will be considered and voted on individually. Per the Bylaws (Article XII, Section 5), 25% of the members eligible to vote must participate in the vote.
