Nothing in the rules says a term has to start in January. The club changes officers every six months, and for years that meant the calendar halves: January to June, July to December.
It does not mean that any more. Since the end of 2024 the terms have run December to May and June to November, and the change happened alongside a second one that is easier to miss: the election moved to almost the day before the handover.
Both are on one chart, because they moved together.
Thirteen elections, in order. The dot marks the month the term was written to start on. It used to be January or July. Since the end of 2024 it has been December or June, and the election has moved to within a week of the handover.
DecJanJunJul
Election → start
2020 H2
36d
2021 H1
31d
2021 H2
44d
2022 H1
32d
2022 H2
15d
2023 H1
33d
2023 H2
53d
2024 H1
48d
2024 H2
4d
2025 H1
5d
2025 H2
4d
2026 H1
6d
2026 H2
22d
January or July, the traditional boundary
June, tried once in 2022, dropped, then kept from 2024
December, the boundary that stuck