ARTICLE VIII

Election of Officers

Section 1. Election Committee. At the first annual general membership meeting of each calendar year the President shall appoint an Election Committee consisting of not less than three members nor more than five members to supervise the recruitment, nomination and election of the officers of WCOA. The President shall be required to appoint at least one member from each sport on this committee.

Section 2. Presentation of Nominees. The Election Committee shall be required to publish its slate of nominees for elective office at either a general membership or sports meeting, as it may determine in its discretion, subject to review and approval of the Board of Directors. Each nominee shall have been contacted previously by the Committee to confirm that the member will accept the nomination and elective office position, if elected. At such time as the Election Committee announces its slate of nominees for elective office, the president shall entertain nominations from the floor, provided, however, that such floor nominees must have been contacted in advance of the call for floor nominations to confirm that the member will accept the nomination and position, if elected.

Section 3. Qualifications. All nominees for elected office must be a member in good standing with the WCOA.

Section 4. No Duplicate Offices. No member may be nominated for and serve in more than one elective office.

Section 5. Ballots. Subject to the review and approval of the Board of Directors, the Election Committee shall establish the date and manner of conducting all elections. The Election Committee will be responsible for having a ballot mailed to each member in good standing at his or her last known address on the corporation’s records. All members will be entitled to vote for the position of President and Secretary and for the Vice President and Sports Representative positions in each sport that he is registered with according to WCOA’s corporate records. The Election Committee shall be responsible for disseminating, collecting, counting and validating all ballots received. The nominee with the highest number of valid votes for each office will be declared by the Election Committee to be the winner.

Section 6. Election Rules. The format of the election balloting procedures will be established by the Board of Directors.