ASSOCIATION BY-LAWS ARTICLE IV NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Nomination. a). Nomination for election to the Board of Directors shall be made by a Nominating Committee. b). Nominations may also be made from the floor at the annual meeting of the members of the Association. c). The Nominating Committee shall consist of a Chairman, who shall be a member of the Board of Directors, and two (2) or more members of the Association. d). The Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors at each annual meeting of the Members and shall serve until the close of the next annual meeting, and such appointment shall be announced at each annual meeting. e). The Nominating Committee shall make as many nominations to the Board of Directors as it shall in its discretion determine, but not less than the number of vacancies that are to be filled. f). Such nominations may be made only from among Members of the Association, or persons deemed to be Members eligible to serve as directors thereof or otherwise eligible to serve on the Board of Directors in accordance with the Declaration and the Articles of Incorporation of the Association. Section 2. Election. a). Election to the Board of Directors shall be by secret written ballot at the annual meeting of the Members of the Association. b). At such election the Members or their proxies may cast, in respect to each vacancy, as many votes as they are entitled to exercise under the provisions of the Declaration. c). The persons receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected. d). Cumulative voting is not permitted.