The Board shall consist of twelve 12 voting members, selected as follows:
Eight members shall be elected by the U.S. member jurisdictions, two members apiece from each AAMVA region. Nominations for these positions shall be solicited by the repository and shall be made for each region by the commissioners of the U.S. member jurisdictions of the region, who shall submit to the repository the names of nominees for each open position. The nominations shall be balloted and voted on, as provided in Section 2106, by the U.S. member jurisdictions of each region. Members so elected shall serve staggered terms of three years and shall not serve more than two consecutive terms.
One member from a U.S. member jurisdiction shall be elected to a position that shall rotate among the AAMVA regions, beginning with Region I. Nominations for this position shall be solicited by the repository and shall be made by the commissioners of the U.S. member jurisdictions of the region whose turn it is to fill the position, who shall submit to the repository the names of nominees for the position. The nominations shall be balloted and voted on, as provided in Section 2106, by the U.S. member jurisdictions. A member so elected shall serve a single, two-year term, after which a representative of the next AAMVA region shall fill the position.
Two members shall be elected by the Canadian member jurisdictions. Nominations for these positions shall be solicited by the repository and shall be made by the commissioners of the Canadian member jurisdictions, who shall submit to the repository the names of nominees for each open position. These nominations shall be balloted and voted on by the Canadian jurisdictions as provided in Section 2106. Members so elected shall serve staggered three-year terms and shall not serve more than two consecutive terms. At no time shall Canadian voting representation on the Board exceed two members.
The twelfth member of the Board shall be the AAMVA international chair or the chair’s designee, whose term on the Board shall coincide with the term of the international chair.
Members of the Board who are sitting when the language of this section adopted in Ballot 309 becomes effective shall serve out the terms on the Board to which they were elected or appointed, and their successors shall be elected as provided in this section and Section 2106.
Notwithstanding subsection A, in the event that Mexico shall become a member jurisdiction of the Plan, the federal government of Mexico may name a representative as a thirteenth voting member of the Board.
In the event the term of a member of the Board who has served as chair of the Board expires at the same time as that member’s tenure as chair, the member shall continue to serve on the Board as a nonvoting member for the period of one year.
A Board member may be appointed to serve as a liaison to any IRP committee. Liaisons may advise the committee to which they are appointed, and may make reports to the Board on committee activity. A liaison may not make motions or vote on committee decisions. A Board member may not serve as an officer or member of any IRP standing committee except the Dispute Resolution Committee.