§ 23-13-19-3 — Selection of alumni trustees

(a) The alumni trustees shall be selected as
provided in this section.
(b) At the annual meeting of the alumni association of Wabash
College, a committee of canvassers consisting of three (3) alumni, at
least one (1) of whom shall be a resident of Montgomery County,
Indiana, shall be elected to serve for the ensuing year and until their
successors are elected. The board of directors of the National
Association of Wabash Men shall nominate at least four (4) persons in
even-numbered years and at least three (3) persons in odd-numbered
years, all of such persons to be alumni of the college, as its choice of
candidates for the position or positions of alumni trustee to be voted for
by the alumni in the election.
(c) On the fourth Tuesday of February in each year, the registrar
shall distribute to each alumnus of the college a ballot which lists the
names of the candidates selected by the board of directors of the
National Association of Wabash Men, along with spaces for two (2)
"write-in" candidates in even-numbered years and a space for a
"write-in" candidate in odd-numbered years. Such distribution of
ballots by the registrar may be accomplished by regular mail, electronic
mail, or any other method of transmission reasonably calculated to
allow the alumni of the college to receive the ballots and vote within
the time frame described in this section. The ballot shall also contain
information and instructions concerning the time and manner of voting.
Each alumnus is entitled to vote for two (2) candidates in
even-numbered years, and for one (1) candidate in odd-numbered
years. Each alumnus shall designate on his ballot his two (2) choices
or his one (1) choice for the positions or position of alumni trustee, as
the case may be, and shall vote for the alumnus' choice or choices of
candidates by use of a secure electronic agent that creates an electronic
record with the capability of including an electronic signature,
consistent with the definitions provided in IC 26-2-8-102, as
established by the registrar. Alternatively, an alumnus may print a
paper copy of his ballot, designate his two (2) choices or his one (1)
choice for the positions or position of alumni trustee, as the case may
be, manually sign his ballot, and mail it to the committee canvassers in
care of the registrar's office, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.
On the fourth Tuesday of April in each year, the ballots shall be
canvassed by the committee of canvassers. Within three (3) days
thereafter the committee shall certify to the secretary of the board of
trustees the names of the two (2) candidates in even-numbered years
and the name of the one (1) candidate in odd-numbered years,
receiving the highest number of votes. At its next meeting following
the fourth Tuesday in April of each year, the board of trustees shall
elect to its membership the two (2) candidates or the one (1) candidate,
as the case may be, whose names or name has been so certified to the
board's secretary by the committee of canvassers.
(d) If, in any year, for any cause, the alumni fail to select the alumni
trustee or trustees as provided in this section, the board of trustees shall
elect, by a majority vote of the trustees in office present and voting at
the election meeting, two (2) alumni in even-numbered years or one (1)
alumnus in odd-numbered years, as the case may be, to serve as alumni
trustees of Wabash College. Subject to the provisions of this chapter,
the trustees shall, by a majority vote of their number present and voting
at the time of such election, elect successor trustees in the event of the
death or resignation of any of their number. Any vacancies so filled
shall be for the unexpired term of the trustee whose death or
resignation has caused such vacancy.
(e) The word "alumnus", as used throughout this section, means any
person holding a degree in a course from the college and any person
who has been in residence at the college one (1) year or more. The
word "alumnus" does not include any person actively on the rolls of the
college as an undergraduate at the time of any annual election of
trustees, or any person without a degree who entered the college with
a class which has not yet graduated at the time of any annual election.
Formerly: Acts 1834, c.18, s.2; Acts 1851, c.102, s.5; Acts
1901, c.19, s.1,2; Acts 1933, c.197, s.1; Acts 1973, P.L.337, SEC.1;
Acts 1978, P.L.153, SEC.1. As added by Acts 1982, P.L.146, SEC.3.
As amended by P.L.31-2013, SEC.1; P.L.216-2021, SEC.47.