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

"Nils Lohner" wrote:

>ARTICLE SEVEN - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

>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. ^^^^^
whom

>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.

Why 2/3 rather than a simple majority? This is organisational stuff, not
matters of principle.

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On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> >- 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.
>
> Why 2/3 rather than a simple majority? This is organisational stuff, not
> matters of principle.
>
Still, the bylaws shouldn't be changeable easily except in special
cases like the list of officers. If it's no big deal, then 2/3 should be
easy to get anyway. If it is a big deal, then why would you want it to be
easy to change?

Lynn