Re: Bylaws Revision: BOD, Officers, Amendments [1]

[These three we can do in one shot, the changes are minor. --Nils]

ARTICLE SEVEN - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mostly OK, but need to clarify that the BOD should consist of 8-12
members, four of which shall be the officers.

- Simply change the first sentence to read as follows:

The business of this organization shall be managed by a Board of Directors
consisting of eight to 12 members, four of which shall be the officers of
this organization.

ARTICLE EIGHT - OFFICERS
Need to move the names of officers into an appendix so it can be changed
without a membership vote. The rest is fine.

- Remove the names of the officers
- Add an appendix which contains the names of the current officers and their
positions. This appendix shall also state:
This section shall be modified to contain the names of the current
officers of the organization when necessary, and shall not require a vote
beyond the approval of the resolution appointing the officers.

ARTICLE TWELVE - AMENDMENTS
This is fine, but need to add that amendments to the appendices only
require a 2/3 BOD approval, or something like that (i.e. if the BOD
membership changes or the officer positions change, a vote should not even
be needed to modify the appropriate appendix- this needs to be stated
somehow.)

- Add text to allow easy modification of appendices
Appendices containing organizational information shall not require a vote
of the membership for modification. They may be modified by a 2/3 vote of
the Board of Directors, unless otherwise stated therein.

I think that this is all that needs changing. I'll put out a final text
with _all_ bylaws modifications the week after next, and then if noone has
any more objections/comments, then we'll get it voted on.

Thanks to everyone who has been helping with the bylaws!

Nils.

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On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 10:52:23AM -0400, Nils Lohner wrote:

> The business of this organization shall be managed by a Board of Directors
> consisting of eight to 12 members, four of which shall be the officers of
8 to 12 or eight to twelve -- I think the second is more "correct," too

> ARTICLE EIGHT - OFFICERS
> Need to move the names of officers into an appendix so it can be changed
> without a membership vote. The rest is fine.
>
> - Remove the names of the officers
> - Add an appendix which contains the names of the current officers and their
> positions. This appendix shall also state:
> This section shall be modified to contain the names of the current
> officers of the organization when necessary, and shall not require a vote
> beyond the approval of the resolution appointing the officers.
Is there anything else that would be in the appendix? If not, do the names
even need to be in this document?

> ARTICLE TWELVE - AMENDMENTS
> This is fine, but need to add that amendments to the appendices only
> require a 2/3 BOD approval, or something like that (i.e. if the BOD
> membership changes or the officer positions change, a vote should not even
> be needed to modify the appropriate appendix- this needs to be stated
> somehow.)
Appendices should be fact and not proceedure.. so it shouldn't even need a
vote to change.

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