Common use of Staggering of Terms Clause in Contracts

Staggering of Terms. The terms of office shall begin on July 1 and shall be for three years. In order to have approximately one third of the terms of office expire at the end of each year, the initial term of office of a Committee member representing a newly admitted community may be for shorter than three years, said determination to be made by vote of the Committee (or by lot, if there is more than one community being newly admitted at the same time).